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La Cité Du Vin Bordeaux, France

This nice little video offers a concise introduction to the writer and thinker, whose ideas had a profound impact on Frank Lloyd Wright and other architects. Emerson led the transcendentalist movement, which Wright was educated in from childhood. His explorations of individuality, unity, and nature influenced Wright’s organic style, in particular the idea that every form in nature is a microcosm which reflects, in miniature, a larger whole.  “Wright’s structures demonstrated geometric patterns that repeated on multiple scales throughout. He would further relate these patterns to the surrounding environments, a concrete vision of Emerson’s microcosmic theory. Wright’s Textile Block Houses are an excellent example of this, as he integrated repeated patterns throughout the houses on varying scales, from their small ornamentation, to their entire floor-plans.” (Eliza Nobles, medium.com)

Child of Manhattan (1933)

Photos © Vincent Hecht

The Budapest Cafe, Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, Studio Biasol 

New Cathedral in Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain. VIA.

A house in Kingsbridge, the Bronx

Furman St May 2012