Like all architecture, his buildings depended on heterogeneity—joints, interfaces, hierarchies, and the coordination of many materials, trades, and systems.
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Julian Rose,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
The idea of purity — whether in food, body or belief — often masks hierarchies of power.
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