what does a brick want to be

"And if you think of Brick, for instance,

and you say to Brick,

"What do you want Brick?"

And Brick says to you

"I like an Arch."

And if you say to Brick

"Look, arches are expensive,

and I can use a concrete lentil over you.

What do you think of that?"

"Brick?"

Brick says:

"... I like an Arch"

LOUIS KAHN

 

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"...At heart, I am a Byzantine..."

CARLO SCARPA

 

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photo:

byzantine masonry

St. Nicholas Church at Curtea de Arges, Romania

Biserica Sf. Nicolae Domnesc (Curtea Domnească )

Curtea de Arges

1340-1376

[built probably by master builders from Constantinople,

for the Princely Court of Basarab I of Wallachia]

www.monumenteromania.ro/index.php/monumente/detalii/en/Bi...

ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biserica_Domneasc%C4%83_Sf._Nicolae...

UNESCO World Heritage list submission:

whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/545/

 

other images of this church

www.flickr.com/photos/fusion_of_horizons/tags/bisericasfn...

Done