Love / moving to poland to be together is this the right decision? [67]

sorry to say that, but it sounds very blue-eyed to me.

i would not even consider to make the move before i had at least met his family...

i am not saying that there is something wrong, but there are ways to make sure there isn't, BEFORE you decide...

Love / moving to poland to be together is this the right decision? [67]

sounds all very nice but who are you trying to convince???
yourself it sounds like...

i am sorry but if his family means so much to him and you told him you want to meet them before moving to poland longterm, what the hell is his problem?

if you mean that much too him he is to make it possible and consider your concerns...

if he doesn't, he probably is not worth it.

dead simple...

News / Daniel Libeskind -Polish Jew supporting Poland [19]

daniel libeskind is on of the most controversally discussed architects of our time. for this alone i am not surprised about the mixed reactions on here as well...

the interesting thing is that similar to peter eisenmann (the one who built the holocaust memorial in berlin) he has a very long theoretical background.

both started very late in their carreer to actually build. but both are equally genius at it due to the years of study and theory...

in libeskind's case it might not surprise that his first realised building was the jewish museum in berlin (berlin rules apparently... ;) ), which was equally polarising opinions as can be seen here...

modern architecture has to be seen and felt to be understood. that is even more important the more away you design from the stereotypical (and mostly boring) developers architecture. there is more to it than making some quick money. at the very end architects create the environment we all live in. the more important it is that they pay attention while doing it and create an environment that still works a few decades down the line...

News / Daniel Libeskind -Polish Jew supporting Poland [19]


this is how the business works.
when the wall came down in berlin, it wasn't the local architects that where asked to rebuild their city. it was the international big players. simply because the government of that time thought this way berlin would appear on the map alongside london, paris, rom and suchlike...

libeskind, by the way, is very clever in marketing his jewish heritage to get the prestigous jobs.

one has to understand that architecture is the mother of all arts so even by todays standards a good building (as the whole built environment actually) still has to deliever a bit more than pure shelter. sure. for those who do not bother to learn and understand the underlying ideas and principles which lead to the design of libeskinds projects (or the the above mentioned peter eisenmann), they might seem dull...


you are so wrong... (in my opinion)

i think it is just great...

News / Daniel Libeskind -Polish Jew supporting Poland [19]


i didn't mean that and if i came across like that, i apologise...


THIS is probably the root of the problem. as an architect one certainly has a different view on such things.
i simply like the monument for the boldness of the idea and thew minimalism of its realisation...
many non-architects probably won't see that, and it's okay. imagine we all had the same opinion...

in my opinion architecture, as the fine arts, has to get away from taking itself so extremely serious. in that sense i like the stuff that is a bit out of the ordinary.

i don't want to convince anyone, as i believe we need the variety of views on things. you will never be able to please everyone anyway...


most certainly not! we don't know each other well enough yet, so you can't know. but with my statement of libeskind's clever jewishness marketing i gave a hint of criticism already...

News / Daniel Libeskind -Polish Jew supporting Poland [19]


ooops! didn't notice that at the first time reading it.
Libeskind was actually born and grew up in Lodz... which makes him polish, i guess.
notablebiographies.com/news/Li-Ou/Libeskind-Daniel.html


that would be Frank Gehry. fantastic iconic building that helped initiating the recent regeneration of bilbao significantly. insiders already speak of Bilbao as the new Barcelona. tough call!

shows what an important role architecture can play...