Keyword : Architecture (Architecture)

Ornement is not a crime

Jean Loup Pivin

Words of reason do not suffice to fully translate an intuition of the mind.

All cities have become international. All production, be it artistic, architectural, literary, industrial or economic, is instantly registered within the world, even though the images of objects and architecture don't always cross the borders of their city or country. Yet the place, the cultural land and heritage of the production and those who inspire it, turn one message into another and can create misunderstandings. The great misunderstanding of a world in creation and transformation giving people a vision that they can each interpret according to their culture and background. Of all these misunderstandings, one of the seemingly most derisory is the question of embellishment.

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