My friend J was at a large fika at my house, holding forth about the perennial mystery of Venice. I whispered the only thing I knew about the mystique of that place: some Englishman’s text about it. J winked and nodded, and knew it, of course. I have not read this work, except as an …
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Outsider architects
Watts Towers, (yes, that Watts) built by an Italian immigrant (to the USA). In Europe, same weirdness appears: 1879 – 1912 33 years of struggle 10 000 days 93 000 hours Ferdinand Cheval was a French postman, who built “Le Palais Idéal” by working in his spare time. Here’s a Wikipedia picture: Here is a …