tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post2830794264651601917..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Being moved in LondonPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-38857013520682093732014-12-16T09:47:54.360+00:002014-12-16T09:47:54.360+00:00Hels: Yes. Or even the later, chunkier post-war Co...Hels: Yes. Or even the later, chunkier post-war Corbusier of Chandigarh and La Tourette, which in some ways prefigures Brutalism.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-55883640495094240732014-12-15T23:27:43.340+00:002014-12-15T23:27:43.340+00:00I find it an interesting exercise reading all trav...I find it an interesting exercise reading all travel books. Not only because buildings have disappeared and gardens built on. But because references which would have been perfectly understood decades ago are not understood now. Or have different meanings now.<br /><br />One example will do. Depending on when Le Corbusier was cited, he either represented exciting Bauhaus-style modernism or lunatic dense city planning a la 1925 World Fair.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com