i'm missing something. 'sublime' doesn't suggest anything comic to me at all. not that comedy can't be present, but nothing about sublimity suggests that comedy is necessary.

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@steven
May be this quote by a famous bavarian comedian helps:
"Every thing has three sides, a positive, a negative and a comical."
What will say, that the moment of the sublime let's us shiver, the comical moment reveals sometimes a truth of a higher level? Sodoes this happen in architecture?
What do you think?

rococo in relation to baroque?

reason going helical?
interesting line of thought!

i'm not sure that comedian's quote rings true for me, famous or not. sure, someone might find something comical in everything - especially if that someone happens to be a comedian - but that doesn't mean the comedy is inherent to the thing.

@ steven

who would you define the sense of humor with in the work of SANAA?

I think if you regularly say things like "sublime" it's comical.

going back to the picture of said article, Mies actually had a good sense of humor and was a very nice guy, in fact that is what today's starchitect admirers cannot understand how such a great architect was really not a snob but just a regular guy when it came to getting along with others.

ps. i didnt meet him first hand but i know some people that did.

mocking photo