“The Images of Architects”
Most of us have stood in awe in front of a landmark building, but how many of us have wondered what went on in the heads of the architects behind those iconic structures? What, for example, was the inspiration behind Frank Gehry’s “Dancing…
Forbidden Travel: “Pyongyang, North Korea: Architectural and Cultural Guide, Volume 1 and Volume 2”
One of the many revelations within Barbara’s Demick’s “Nothing to Envy” (2009), Demick’s award-winning riveting account of quotidian life in North Korea, concerned the 160-mile border between North and South Korea, a narrow demilitarized zone…