There seems to be so much that is more urgent than writing about the artistic joys of architecture, even when this year's architecture Biennale in Venice itself conveys urgency with its rather breathless title "Reports from the Front".
Not having visited the Biennale myself (I was only two-hundred kilometers away when it opened) and going only by reports from a friend and what was published in the media, this isn’t a report from Venice nor is it my intend to write a critique. Instead, this article assumes that the front is everywhere, especially in Baltimore. The article, then, is intended as an exploration of the tension between artistic impetus, user participation, pragmatism, crisis management, social pragmatism and long-term visionary thinking. ....
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Community Architect: Architecture Biennale: "Reports from the Front"
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Nikolaus Philipsen FAIA
Archplan Inc. Philipsen Architects
Baltimore MD
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