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Jan 08
When I rest my skull on my pillow tonight I’m fairly certain that the organ inside it will have been significantly rewired. Whether physically or only metaphorically I’m not sure, but let’s just say that today was one of those days that really alter your brain. As I write, jammed neural trunk roads are being [...]
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Feb 07
The Scottish Parliament has given the go ahead for a new crossing over the Forth. Nobody has decided if it’s going to be a bridge or a tunnel, but I hope it’s a bridge. Both of the existing bridges are beautiful in their own ways: let’s have more!
Bridges are awesome constructions that fill one with [...]
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Jan 07
“For the first time since I had been in Barcelona I went to look at the cathedral – a modern cathedral, and one of the most hideous buildings in the world. It has four crenellated spires exactly the shape of hock bottles. Unlike most of the churches in Barcelona, it was not damaged during the [...]
Filed under: aesthetics, architecture, places by Alistair Robinson
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