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thesis about architectural monsters

softcell

hi

can anyone help me find some good links/books about the origin of landmarks in human history?i am doing my thesis on the origin of architectural landmarks and the loss of the human scale....could start in the stoen ege and end in the future.it is all about the psychic need for big structures to overcome the human...

thanks a lot

 
Oct 20, 05 1:38 pm
architecturegeek

Look up monumentalism.

as for the origin? You could make the case that almost all ancient buildings that are left around these days have conributed to what your suggesting.

Oct 20, 05 2:54 pm  · 
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aseid

Marco Frascari
Monsters of Architecture

Oct 20, 05 4:49 pm  · 
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