Tag Archives: Human behavior

What is the value of monumentalism?

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Paul Goss

This article examines the urbanism of monumentalism in Washington, D.C. and attempts to understand why such an effort is made to maintain the mall as it is. Continue reading →

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Architecture for People

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Paul Goss

This article, Design Through Anthropology, published on worldarchitecturenews.com is about a long time trend in Denmark to consider the end user when designing, whether designing a cabinet, chair, home or office building. The article points out that for centuries the … Continue reading →

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Ayn Rand’s Anthropological Insights

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Paul Goss

In the introduction to her seminal work The Fountainhead, Rand comments that in her opinion the greatest failing of man is the loss of the spirit of youth, of giving up. She writes: “Then all of these [men] vanish into … Continue reading →

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