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Minimalism in Architecture
Rita Novel 2005.05.03 11:04
This might be of interest:
Christian Bonnefoi, "Louis Kahn and Minimalism" in Oppositions 24 (1982).
Hugh Pearman brought up the notion of "New Austerity" as the latest architectural trend back in 2000 within the architecthetics list.
Is this 'minimal' or 'austere'?
   
When I was a kid, I took piano lessons with Sister Rita (not kidding) at St. Ambrose Convent. I remember the convent interior (at least the few public rooms that I regularly saw) being very austere, although also somewhat modern--the furnishings being like 1940s-50s institutional modern. In retrospect, the place also had a museum-like quality.
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