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Monday, 19 September 2011

The Question of Beauty in Architecture - Alain de Botton

Can buildings be 'beautiful'? In the same way as a human face or a piece of music? - Alain de Botton, writer, broadcaster and producer, ponders the question of beauty and its application to architecture.
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