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We recently read an intriguing and thought provoking article that brings questions of beauty to the forefront of our design philosophy. The article was written by Karrie Jacobs (a design instructor at Otis College of Art and Design, in Los Angeles) and published on Metropolis Magazine's website earlier this month. It speaks about the idea of beauty and its elusive definition as it pertains to urban environments. The author addresses the fact that even though there are endless discussions on the topic of beauty and of cities, there are no true discussions on the melding of the two.
As part of an ongoing dialogue, TRPinc offers these initial topics on the idea of urban/architectural beauty:
