Monday, September 26, 2011

blog wunderlust : 26th September 2011

For all great architecture is contemporary of its time, relevant to its situation in space, time and human society-but also eternal. Without being eternal - that is in harmony with the cosmos and the evolution of life - no architecture can be called contemporary.
Hassan Fathy

Kharga market by Hassan Fathy



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