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Sunday, November 13, 2016

Cultural Appropriation or Occidental Indoctrination?

European manners at a premium amongst the professional class in India. How dare they? How dare we? Oh, the world is so bloody difficult these days.
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Thursday, November 10, 2016

French Architecture - Visionary as Always

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Centre européen de transit des migrants (2016)


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Palais Bulles (Antti Lovag, 1989 [sic])
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