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Dark Souls’ Relationship To Its Concept Art
This is a fascinating piece on the concept art of Dark Souls. I don’t know if I buy the argument about micro/macro focalization (in that I don’t see to experience the games in the way that the designers clearly intend you … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged architecture, criticism, dark souls, video games
Brian Taylor on Cameras (and The Last of Us)
Audiences know that you can’t make a film without a camera. For a long time, Hollywood-style editing and cinematography developed to minimize the audience’s awareness of the camera. What would have been unacceptable in these films, visual acknowledgement of the … Continue reading
Posted in Quote Time, Video Games
Tagged architecture, brian taylor, the last of us, video games
On Weaponized Architecture
I’ve been anticipating Leopold Lambert‘s Weaponized Architecture since I became aware of it last fall. After wrestling with Amazon pushing my order for three months, I finally bit the proverbial book bullet and ordered it from the United Kingdom. After a short … Continue reading
Posted in General Features
Tagged architecture, deleuze and guattari, design, leopold lambert, weaponized architecture
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Leopold Lambert on Architecture and Occupation
Occupation is a second way that architecture is used to serve military purposes. Of course one could think of the Roman Legion’s settlement and some other temporary military structures; nevertheless, it seems more interesting here to understand the word military … Continue reading
Posted in Quote Time, Theory
Tagged architecture, leopold lambert, quote, theory, weaponized architecture
Rasmussen on Architecture and History
Thus, in the Spanish Steps we can see a petrification of the dancing rhythm of a period of gallantry; it gives us an inkling of something that was, something our generation will never know. Rasmussen, Experiencing Architecture 136
Posted in Quote Time, Theory
Tagged architecture, quotation, theory
Rasmussen and Architecture
A painter’s sketch is a purely personal document; his brush stroke is as individual as his handwriting; an imitation of it is a forgery. This is not true of architecture. The architect remains anonymously in the background. Here again he … Continue reading
