(pictured: Marrakech, Morocco)
“In 1964, Moravian-born American writer, architect, designer, collector, educator, designer, and social historian Bernard Rudofsky examined a whole other side of architecture in Architecture Without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture - a fascinating lens on ‘primitive’ and communal architecture, exploring both its functional value and its artistic richness, with a focus on indigenous tribal structures and ancient dwellings. Rudofsky peels the pretense of architecture from the creative and utilitarian acts of building to reveal and kind of vernacular, communal architecture embodying a timeless art form that springs from the the intersection of human intelligence, necessity, and collective creativity.
I believe that sensory pleasure should take precedence over intellectual pleasure in art and architecture. - Bernard Rudofsky.”
