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Extreme Minimalism
Extreme Minimalism: Architecture | Chris van Uffelen
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During many eras of architectural history, builders and architects aimed to construct buildings with pure shapes and clear geometry, while foregoing decorative elements. With the advent of Classical Modernity, minimalism has become a seminal architectural style. However, the approach of architects cannot be limited to Mies van der Roh's dogma of Less is more, but corresponds rather to Less is all you need. Based on a select range of contemporary buildings, this book examines the question of how compelling esthetic impressions and expressions can be achieved with reduced shapes. Representing various types of structures, the chosen examples are mostly based on the concept of a simple comprehensive overall shape, focus on a few main materials as means of expression, and are comparatively simple to implement. Despite, or perhaps due to, the consistently applied limitations, the results are extremely remarkable.
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BookHermit
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Yeah, I‘m never going to be a minimalist

TrishB Me neither 😁 6y
Librarybelle Yup - I‘ll never be a minimalist 🙂 6y
emilyhaldi Minimalism is just not my thing 🤷🏻‍♀️ 6y
CouronneDhiver I live a minimalist life and still own books... just not an abundance. Once I‘ve read a book, it gets donated to make room for something new. 🙂 6y
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Emilyrjones22
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I shouldn‘t judge, but explain, book friends... what‘s the point if I can‘t see all the beautiful covers/bindings/titles?!?!
http://flavorwire.com/612315/the-backward-books-on-shelves-trend-is-for-neutral-...

ReadingSusan I can‘t stand that! So ridiculous looking. Probably the people who do that are descendants of the people who used up buy leather books that matched and never read them 🤣 6y
Mommamanzi I don‘t get it? 6y
bookloo I‘m a huge minimalist, and this isn‘t really my thing—however, this is purely an aesthetically pleasing choice, just like people who sort their books by colors instead of genres. You can be practical with your organization, or you can be pleasing to the eye. Your shelf, your rules. ♥️ 6y
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Emilyrjones22 @bookloo true true!! But just for practical reasons seems like it would be hard to find anything! 6y
RebelReader Not my taste, but to each his/her own! 6y
CindyMyLifeIsLit I don‘t even think it‘s aesthetically pleasing, although I know everyone has their own tastes. I could be wrong, but I just can‘t imagine a reader—a REAL reader—putting their books on a shelf like that. You‘ve just stripped each of those books of their identity, their unique story, so now each of them is just presenting the world with a bland clump of paper. They‘re nameless, faceless clumps of paper. Would a real reader do that? 6y
Emilyrjones22 @CindyMyLifeIsLit Agree completely!! 6y
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