Nothing except that the design for this future building, 56 Leonard Street building by Herzog & de Meuron… 
…connects with the end of this excellent animation:
Urban Spirit
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Nothing except that the design for this future building, 56 Leonard Street building by Herzog & de Meuron… 
…connects with the end of this excellent animation:
Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory... More by Charles Mudede
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I would gladly trade my double-wide hovel in the sticks for a glass-encased danish-modern swingin’ bachelor pad in the city. Just like the Herzog & de Meuron building.
Except a) I can’t afford it, and b) I can always shoot my guns off in my backyard, here in the sticks.
But, Gawd, what a cool building.
Jenga!
Jenga!
Jenga!
That building reminds me of the line about a (I think) Paul Rudolph-designed government building: “Fifty roofs, and all of them leak.”
That’s a fun one, Charles. Thanks.