The ABC's of ▲■●: The Bauhaus and Design Theory A Book by Ellen Lupton & J. Abbott Miller The cultivation of inherent facultiesThe basic courseIt is a little worldA universal correspondenceThe arbitrariness of the sign+4 More
The details of construction The housing developments in the Moscow suburbs were built mostly in the decades after the Second World War. Laid out as enormous chessboards, the suburbs stretch to the horizon across flat land sparsely planted with birch and aspen. The architectural design of the suburban buildings was good, but the state had not been able to command good-quality work. The signs of poorly motivated workers appeared in the details of construction. Richard Sennett, The Craftsman Designing detail