Tag: Poetry

CRYSTAL PALACE. SYNTHESIS OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

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Post date January 22, 2018
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RESPECTING VICTORIAN DESIGN. Despite the fusty, excessive, old, impractical, self-indulgent, snobbish, aloof architecture, the embellished mania of Victorian Architecture, I must admit – I love it. Soft spot for the 19th century architectural replicas of Arthur, Camelot, and Knights marvels. The synthesis of architecture and technology_ Case Study: Crystal Palace. Designed by Joseph Paxton (renowned […]

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COUNTERCULTURE. GINSBERG’S HOWL

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Post date November 18, 2015
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HOWL AND OTHER POEMS (1956) BY ALLEN GINSBERG Even though poetry is not my cup of tea, I must admit. I thoroughly enjoyed it! The poem comes across as the ranting of someone heavily experimenting with drugs- which it was, in fact, the case with Allen Ginsberg. One of the most influential and leading figures […]

Tags Allen Ginsberg, Architecture, Cities, Counterculture, Cultures, Howl, Poetry