Comments on: Copy That: Architectural ‘Borrowing’ in China http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/copy-that-architectural-borrowing-in-china/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=copy-that-architectural-borrowing-in-china Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: fleur de gris http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/copy-that-architectural-borrowing-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-27269 fleur de gris Sat, 05 Jan 2013 13:11:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=154676#comment-27269 'inaudible' should read 'Le Corbusier' - just about the most famous ever!  ‘inaudible’ should read ‘Le Corbusier’ – just about the most famous ever! 

]]> By: Peter Parkes http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/copy-that-architectural-borrowing-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-27228 Peter Parkes Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:30:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=154676#comment-27228 As Avi Friedman points out in the interview, architectural styles have been ‘knocked off’ since the earliest structures emerged – this is part of a natural process of imitation, iteration and improvement, enhanced and accelerated by digital technology. This <a href="http://hiddenchemistry.com/2013/01/cloning-buildings-in-china-and-the-photoshop-vernacular/" rel="nofollow">isn’t itself a bad thing</a> – but the insight Friedman gives into the architectural process and ‘creative ethics’ in China is fascinating. As Avi Friedman points out in the interview, architectural styles have been ‘knocked off’ since the earliest structures emerged – this is part of a natural process of imitation, iteration and improvement, enhanced and accelerated by digital technology.

This isn’t itself a bad thing – but the insight Friedman gives into the architectural process and ‘creative ethics’ in China is fascinating.

]]> By: Manuel Bejarano http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/copy-that-architectural-borrowing-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-27193 Manuel Bejarano Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:46:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=154676#comment-27193 Seem's a copy of the original. Come on China, be original. You can do better. Seem’s a copy of the original. Come on China, be original. You can do better.

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