“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” —Mark Twain LAST STEPS IN EUROPE A story ends, a new one begins From the lowest swamps to the highest hills, the exploration of Europe comes to an end. It took almost […]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” —Mark Twain LAST STEPS IN EUROPE A story ends, a new one begins From the lowest swamps to the highest hills, the exploration of Europe comes to an end. It took almost […]
“Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together (…) True architecture exists only where man stands in […]
“La beauté de la nature nous touche parce qu’elle est quelque chose de grandiose qui nous dépasse. L’homme vient de la nature et y retourne. A la vue d’un paysage que nous ressentons comme beau, non domestiqué par l’homme, non […]
“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire”— Gustav Mahler ORBADEN HEADING TO THE SWEDISH COUNTRYSIDE On the 22nd of July, Stockholm sky was slightly clouded. In the morning, I stored my backpack at the hostel […]
“In 1978, working out of a studio on West 22nd Street with the doors propped open, “the main thing that impressed me was the ‘kinds’ of individuals who would stop and talk to me,” he wrote. “They were not, for […]
“A nation is not defined by its borders or the boundaries of its land mass Rather, a nation is defined by adverse people who have been unified by a cause and a value system and who are committed to a […]
“if you just do form, then you are doing sculpture, but if you look after the interaction between life and form, then you are doing architecture.”Jan Gehl Leaving Lithuania was a bit of a bummer and an excitement at the […]
“What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters.” – Charles Baudelaire There is a strong difference between Kaunas and Vilnius. Kaunas is a well organized […]
“We try to take what is there and then make a selection, like the brick, the chimney or the river. Taking some elements and then enhancing them. We take something and give it back in some way, every architect does […]
“If you invite more cars, you get more cars. If you make more streets better for cars you get more traffic. If you make more bicycle infrastructure you get more bicycles. If you invite people to walk more and use […]
“All the borders in the world are man-made. There are no borders, we are all hooked together. Everything is connected. There is no line of demarcation. We are hooked together like the colors of a rainbow, our problem is ignorance, […]
“The ancient splendour and beauty of Prague, a city beyond compare, left an impression on my imagination that will never fade” Richard Wagner PRAGUE FURTHER EAST Each time I enter a new country, I always feel a great excitement. But this […]
« Do not fear death so much, but rather inadequate life »Bertolt Brecht Interlude I arrived from Berlin to Dresden by bus. When I checked in, The receptionist told me that they had to upgrade my initial 8 bed dormitory, into a […]
“History is a race between education and catastrophe“ H.G. Wells A wild start After crossing what seemed to be one endless forest, I finally arrived in the west part of Berlin. The bus station was a bit on the outside, […]
“I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products” Marcel Duchamp In depth I know how I often extend a bit too much on exhibitions, and this time will not be different. Sorry but not sorry. Although, I am […]