Archinect - Features 2024-11-14T22:36:49-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/107718872/screen-print-24-architectural-fantasies-from-fairy-tales-when-architecture-tells-a-story Screen/Print #24: Architectural fantasies from "Fairy Tales — When Architecture Tells A Story" Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2014-09-03T15:41:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ri/ripe6mp0xej2h08h.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A good fairy tale, like good architecture, makes fantasy inhabitable. It provides a foundation for the reader to stand on, and then let&rsquo;s them loose to fill in the rest with their own experiences, making a universal structure personal. But sometimes, when architects try to tell the story of their world-building to others, they rely on too exclusive of a foundation.&nbsp;<strong><em><a href="http://www.blankspaceproject.com/" target="_blank">Fairy Tales &mdash; When Architecture Tells A Story</a></em></strong>, a collection of fantastical stories written and designed by architects, tries to make that foundation more accessible.</p>