I love how this image splits down the shadowy middle. A new generation of buildings is rising in Beirut. I wonder if old buildings like the one on the right know the terror of Ibsen's architect.
25.11.10
The Rising Generation
I once read an Ibsen play about a famous, well established architect who harbored a robust fear of the "rising generation". He would be replaced by them--he knew it--and he could barely name them without feeling a bit terrorized. "The Rising Generation", he'd gasp with white knuckles--or at least, that how I remember my reading of the play.
I love how this image splits down the shadowy middle. A new generation of buildings is rising in Beirut. I wonder if old buildings like the one on the right know the terror of Ibsen's architect.
I love how this image splits down the shadowy middle. A new generation of buildings is rising in Beirut. I wonder if old buildings like the one on the right know the terror of Ibsen's architect.
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They must know the terror, you can almost feel the shutters shivering in their fright...
ReplyDeleteNice to see a light back on in the window here, it's been a little while.
Best wishes to Beirut, I'd seen some articles suggesting things were a bit tense. Hope it stays calm.