Friday, July 30, 2010

THE BEAUTY OF THE PAST


It's hard not to look back to the past without envy. Before our over-reliance on computers, things were done by hand. Case in point are the beautifully drawn plans for Feynan Ecolodge done by architect Ammar Khammash. This is a photo of the original watercolor that Ammar submited to the client to win the bid for the job. As I walked with him through his firm yesterday, he showed me how he submits plans to clients today. They are done with computers and the building sits on the site as if it were built in complete photo realism. Perhaps better for the client, but we've lost something soulful and good in the process.

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