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= ECOARCHI MAGAZINE =



EcoArchi is an online magazine of ecology architecture created for architects. The main theme is the organic architecture. The magazine is a special collection of organic projects that support and facilitates the maintenance of the environment. The finality is to report about the advance of ecology as form new of creating architecture. In Ecoarchi you will know:

1. Actual development of the ecology in architecture, 2. Use of new recyclable materials, 3. Building systems (assessment and conservation), 4. Green architecture projects and 5. Architects that contribute to the sustainable architecture.

EcoArchi is directed for those readers that wish to learn about the green architecture.

Consorcio Arquitectura Arguinzones


I have a company of architecture. Its function is:


 * To design the different buildings with their spaces (interior and exterior).
 * Unify natural areas with the built spaces Develop
 * Develop projects that promote organic architecture

Personal Profile


My name is Rafael Arguinzones. I live in Caricuao. I was born on February 1990. [|I study Architecture at the Simon Bolivar University]. My areas of interest are divided between the architecture and chemistry. My hobbies are going to the beach, listening to music on my iPod, reading the mystery books, playing video games and talking by chat with my friend. I like to be cheerful. I am charismatic, supportive and funny. My family is big, great and wonderful. I have 2 siblings. Their names are Yucelys and Cesar. I have 2 grandmothers, a grandfather, aunts and cousins. I have many friends. They are cool and fun.

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Professional Profile
My name i s Rafael Arguinzones. I studied architecture at the [|Simón Bolívar University]. I graduated on July 2013 in the main auditorium. I am currently doing a postgraduate in the area of Environmental  Architecture at the __[|Central University of Venezuela]__ //.// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">My roles as architect are designing and contextualize the various habitable environments within a volume of built mass <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: white 0% 50%;">. In or future <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: white 0% 50%;">I would like to work in Europe at an architectural firm and learn Knowledge new for <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: white 0% 50%;"> strengthen my professional profile.

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 * ===<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Spa Home ===











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 * ===<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ===

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World is the first known list of the most remarkable creations of classical antiquity, and was based on guide-books popular among Hellenic sight-seers and only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim. The number seven was chosen because the Greeks believed it to be the representation of perfection and plenty. Many similar lists have been made, including lists for the Medieval World and the Modern World. The seven wonders included:


 * 1) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Great Pyramid of Giza
 * 2) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Hanging Gardens of Babylon
 * 3) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Statue of Zeus at Olympia
 * 4) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
 * 5) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
 * 6) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Colossus of Rhodes
 * 7) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Lighthouse of Alexandria

<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Summary <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Colossus of Rhodes was one of the Ancient 7 Wonders of the World, chosen by Philon of Byzantium in 200 B.C. A gigantic bronze statue that once stood 32 meters (110 feet) high on a marble block, the Colossus of Rhodes was built by its citizens to revere the sun god Helios, who was believed to have helped Rhodes ward off the attacking Demetrius of Macedonia. The great challenge was to build the statue so that the legs could sustain the enormous weight. Ancient accounts describe the statue as being built around several stone columns on the interior, standing on a 15-meter-high (50 feet) white marble pedestal near the harbor entrance. Much of the material was melted down from the various weapons Demetrius' army had left behind. Unfortunately, around 224 B.C., an earthquake caused the Colossus to crack at the knee and it collapsed into pieces. In AD 654, an Arab force under Muawiyah I captured Rhodes, and, according to the chronicler Theophanes, the remains were sold to a traveling salesman. The purchaser had the statue broken down and transported the bronze scrap on the backs of 900 camels to Syria.
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">__The Colossus of Rhodes__ **



<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was one of the Ancient 7 Wonders of the World, chosen by Philon of Byzantium in 200 B.C. Built between 370 and 350 B.C., this monumental white marble tomb was dedicated to King Mausolus by his grieving wife (and, according to some accounts, sister), Queen Artemisia II of Caria, as a memorial to their great love. According to records, the Mausoleum once stood some 50 meters (135 feet) high and was surrounded by 36 columns. The Mausoleum stood relatively intact until 1522 A.D., when it was ordered to be destroyed because it was an example of pagan art. The word mausoleum has come to be used generically for any grand tomb, though “Mausol-eum” originally meant “in honour of Mausol.”
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">__The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus__ **




 * <span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Seven Wonders of the Modern World

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<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US;">The Seven Wonders of the Modern World are representations of culture and architecture in the world. The Palace of Versailles in France, although it does not belong to that group it is world heritage. Its history and fascinating architecture allowed participating in the preliminary ballot for the selection of the seven wonders.

The Palace of Versailles was the official residence of the Kings of France from 1682 until 1790. It was originally a hunting lodge, built in 1624, by Louis XIII. The gardens of Versailles are classic, neat and streamlined. The movement creates an organization that shows all the sculptures and fountains. The palace was stripped form most of it's furnishings during the French Revolution. Versailles is now a national museum. An important event that happened in the palace of Versailles was an attack in June 1978. The bomb planted by Breton nationalists destroyed a dozen rooms. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">I believe the Palace of Versailles must be part of the Seven Wonders of the World for its magnificent architecture and built form. It represents an important part of the revolutionary history of France. It is a symbol of the monarchy and the French Revolution. Its gardens are icons of wonder, beauty and peace.

Having had the opportunity to explore (or take a look) the castle and gardens, I can conclude that the ravages of war and neglect in the centuries left their mark on the palace and its vast park. Their culture is linked to a great story. For these reasons, I think the Palace of Versailles must be part of The Seven Wonders of the Modern World.







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<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**__ Interviewer __**** : ** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Rafael Arguinzone s
 * __ Interviewee __**** : ** Stephany Fermín

<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Verdana; msofareastfontfamily: Verdana; msolist: Ignore;">- Hi, I am Rafael Arguinzones. I find myself in Caracas-Venezuela, exactly in the offices of the architectural firm S27. The objective is to interview the architect Stephany Fermín.

<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Verdana; msofareastfontfamily: Verdana; msolist: Ignore;">- Hi, Stephany. Thank for you time in this interview

<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Verdana; msofareastfontfamily: Verdana; msolist: Ignore;">- ** Hi Rafael, it is a pleasure for me. **

<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Verdana; msofareastfontfamily: Verdana; msolist: Ignore;">- First let me ask about your studies. What university did you graduate in? Where did you study your master?

<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Verdana; msofareastfontfamily: Verdana; msolist: Ignore;">- ** I graduated at the Simòn Bolìvar University and then I went to France to study at the University of Marcella. **

<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Verdana; msofareastfontfamily: Verdana; msolist: Ignore;">- And then you came back to Venezuela…

<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Verdana; msofareastfontfamily: Verdana; msolist: Ignore;">- ** Yes, to work here **

<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Verdana; msofareastfontfamily: Verdana; msolist: Ignore;">- Tell me about your architectural firm. Why did you call it S27?

<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Verdana; msofareastfontfamily: Verdana; msolist: Ignore;">- ** S27 is an abbreviation for my name and 27 was the date I sold my first architectural project. **

<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Verdana; msofareastfontfamily: Verdana; msolist: Ignore;">- Which are your most important projects in Venezuela?

<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Verdana; msofareastfontfamily: Verdana; msolist: Ignore;">- ** I have made many resorts on the Margarita Island and Puerto La Cruz, as Channa Hotel, Paradise Island and Ocean Blue. **

<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Verdana; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: Verdana; msolist: Ignore;">- S ince we are talking about the projects you have in Venezuela what do you think about the Venezuelan architecture?

<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Verdana; msofareastfontfamily: Verdana; msolist: Ignore;">- ** Not to be pessimistic, but the architecture has been very conservative in Venezuela and this has made no major changes towards cotemporary architecture. **

<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Verdana; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: Verdana; msolist: Ignore;">- What projects are you working on right now?

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Verdana; msofareastfontfamily: Verdana; msolist: Ignore;">- ** Yes, I am interested in traveling and meeting many contemporary cities, study and keep up with new architectures and then create innovative ideas. **

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Verdana; msofareastfontfamily: Verdana; msolist: Ignore;">- ** When designing a business center in Germany. **

<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Verdana; msobidifontweight: bold; msofareastfontfamily: Verdana; msolist: Ignore;">- Thanks Stephany for letting us know more about your innovative projects. Good luck to you.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Verdana; msofareastfontfamily: Verdana; msolist: Ignore;">- ** Thank you. It was a pleasure. See you **

<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Santiago Calatrava
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Santiago Calatrava Valls (born 28 July 1951) is an internationally recognized and award-winning Valencian Spanish architect, sculptor and structural engineer whose principal office is in Zürich, Switzerland. Classed now among the elite designers of the world, he has offices in Zürich, Paris and Valencia.

Calatrava was born in Benimámet, an old municipality now integrated as an urban part of Valencia, Spain, where he pursued undergraduate studies at the Architecture School and Arts and Crafts School. Following graduation in 1975, he enrolled in the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland, for graduate work in civil engineering. In 1981, after completing his doctoral thesis, "On the Foldability of Space Frames", he started his architecture and engineering practice.

Calatrava's early career was dedicated largely to bridges and train stations, whose designs elevated the status of civil engineering projects to new heights. His Montjuic Communications Tower in Barcelona, Spain (1991) in the heart of the 1992 Olympic site was a turning point in his career, leading to a wide range of commissions. The Quadracci Pavilion (2001) of the Milwaukee Art Museum was his first building in the US. Calatrava’s entry into high-rise design began with an innovative 54-story-high twisting tower called Turning Torso (2005), located in Malmö, Sweden. Calatrava is currently designing the future train station - World Trade Center Transportation Hub - at the rebuilt World Trade Center in New York City. Calatrava’s style has been heralded as bridging the division between structural engineering and architecture. In the projects, he continues a tradition of Spanish modernist engineering that includes Félix Candela and Antonio Gaudí. Nonetheless, his style is also very personal and derives from numerous studies of the human body and the natural world.

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<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; msoansilanguage: EN-USmsoAnsiLanguage;">**E-RIVMA**

The selection of the seven wonders of the modern world is based on the search of new sights through a massive popular vote. I say that this kind of voting does not possess the necessary knowledge base or between the participants. They (people in common) does not have enough insight into the area to support the selection of the new seven wonders. Are you aware of the fact that ordinary people can participate in an election of this type that requires participation by experts in the area? The United Nations Organization (ONU) clearly states that do not support this form of massive vote by people who do not have any kind of understanding for a particular purpose. I conclude by saying that it is necessary to be more careful in the selection analysis of the seven wonders of the modern world. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; msoansilanguage: EN-USmsoAnsiLanguage;">**Rafael Arguinzones**
 * Caracas, Venezuela**

<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Aesthetic :
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Aesthetic is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. More broadly, scholars in the field define aesthetic s as "critical reflection on art, culture and nature. Aesthetic s is a subdiscipline of axiology, a branch of philosophy, and is closely associated with the philosophy of art. Aesthetic s studies new ways of seeing and of perceiving the world.



<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Art :
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way to affect the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music, literature, film, sculpture, and paintings. The meaning of art is explored in a branch of philosophy known as aesthetics.



<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Environmental Education :
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Environmental education refers to organized efforts to teach about how natural environments function and, particularly, how human beings can manage their behavior and ecosystems in order to live sustainably. However, it is sometimes used more broadly to include all efforts to educate the public and other audiences, including print materials, websites, media campaigns, etc. Related disciplines include outdoor education and experiential education.



<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Functionalism :
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Belief in function over form: belief that the intended function of something should determine its design, construction, and choice of materials, or a 20th-century design movement based on this belief.



<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Metropolis :
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">A metropolis is a big city, in most cases with over half a million inhabitants in the city proper, and with a population of at least one million living in its urban agglomeration. Big cities belonging to a larger urban agglomeration, but which are not the core of that agglomeration, are not generally considered a metropolis but a part of it. A metropolis is usually a significant economic, political and cultural center for some country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections and communications. The plural of the word is most commonly metropolis es, though metropoleis is sometimes used as well.



<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Ornament :
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Ornament, in architecture, decorative detail enhancing structures. Structural ornament, an integral part of the framework, includes the shaping and placement of the buttress buttress, mass of masonry built against a wall to strengthen it. It is especially necessary when a vault or an arch places a heavy load or thrust on one part of a wall.



<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Recycling :
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Recycling involves processing used materials into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from landfilling) by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to virgin production.



<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Style :
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">A particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character. A particular, distinctive, or characteristic mode or form of construction or execution in any art or work.



<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Urban Culture :
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Urban culture is the culture of towns and cities. All over the world, past and present, these settlements have behaviors and cultural elements that separate them from otherwise comparable rural areas.



<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Agora :
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">A place of congregation, especially an ancient Greek marketplace. Ancient Greece, an assembly or assembly place, esp a marketplace.



<span style="background-color: #008080; color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Editorial
<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> EcoArchi is a magazine created in order to report on the architecture. Its creation was quite an innovation in the process and learning English course. The various activities assigned by the teacher corresponded to the main content of the magazine (final project). <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The process of creation of the magazine as a final project of course was based on a summary of all activities in class. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Each of the activities that were part of the contents of the magazine represented a different experience from another. The methodology used in the course and applied in each of the exercise made easier the process of learning and understanding of group. <span style="background: #ebeff9; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; msoansilanguage: EN-GB;"> My experience in the course ID2124 represented a challenge in seeking to maintain and improve my knowledge. The course through the various activities and application form helped me gain a greater understanding. Today, after twelve weeks of intensive work positively got a greater knowledge of the learning process that corresponds to the course ID2124.

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<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**__ARCHITECTURE:__** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Housing from single dwellings to estates, from high rise apartments to retrofits. It is now recognised that smart, integrated ecological design is the intelligent and most sensible economic decision in accounting capital, social, environmental operation and maintenance costs.

Commercial development that inspires the user and visitor can be inexpensive to operate and maintain if designed with principled ecological wisdom. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Industrial design expects greater efficiency that returns dividend in energy, function form and aesthetic. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Public architecture becomes vibrant through solutions utilising ecological patterns.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**__For more information:__** [] <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Organic architecture is a living tradition that is taking on new and exciting directions. It is not a unified movement but is diverse, perverse, contradictory, and mercurial. Always controversial and difficult to pin down, it is best experienced "in the round" with all one¹s senses by visiting real buildings. Sometimes called "the other tradition", it has a long and celebrated history, from Ancient Greece to Art Nouveau. Organic architecture is rooted in a passion for life, nature, and natural forms, and is full of the vitality of the natural world with its biological forms and processes. Emphasizing beauty and harmony, its free-flowing curves and expressive forms are sympathetic to the human body, mind, and spirit. In a well-designed "organic" building, we feel better and freer.

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