AR self-decon.SIR: I couldn't could·n't Contraction of could not. couldn't could not agree more with Peter Davey's swipe at Charles Charles, archduke of Austria Charles, 1771–1847, archduke of Austria; brother of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II. Despite his epilepsy, he was the ablest Austrian commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars; however, he was handicapped by Jencks's wacky theories of fractal geometry fractal geometry, branch of mathematics concerned with irregular patterns made of parts that are in some way similar to the whole, e.g., twigs and tree branches, a property called self-similarity or self-symmetry. et al at the end of his critique of Federation Square (AR May 2003) and I see where you stand. However I didn't realize how committed you were to the theory of deconstructivism. My January and May copies of AR have self-deconstructed leaving me holding a bundle of loose papers. Perhaps the first priority of building design (and publishing) is that the thing produced is well put together. Yours etc CARL THOMPSON Carl Thompson (Born in 1939) is a luthier specializing in the construction of high-quality custom bass guitars, based in Brooklyn, New York. Born in Pitcairn, Pennsylvania to a large musical family, he moved to New York City in 1967 to pursue a career as a jazz guitarist. Saint Tropez, France We have changed printer and hope that all will be wonderful now. The Editor |
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