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Why is it that a book about building makes me cry every time I re-read it? This isn't a book about building. It's an ode to beauty and humility that speaks to the soul rather than the mind, and those two combined are just the healing my heart needs and forgets to get in the midst of the rational technicality of architectural and planning thought. I'm immensely grateful I studied architecture because I met pr. Alexander's books, and this one in particular. This ...more
Why is it that a book about building makes me cry every time I re-read it? This isn't a book about building. It's an ode to beauty and humility that speaks to the soul rather than the mind, and those two combined are just the healing my heart needs and forgets to get in the midst of the rational technicality of architectural and planning thought. I'm immensely grateful I studied architecture because I met pr. Alexander's books, and this one in particular. This ...more
