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Jul062012

Nuance in Memorium

Posted on DateJuly 6, 2012 |

Speaking of nuance, the Providence Journal’s David Brussat had this to say in his article about the Bomber Command Memorial in London:

Nuance is what historians are for. Monuments articulate the abiding truths of history [e.g., freedom over tyranny]. When architects use architecture to articulate nuance, they end up articulating nothing.

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