Andrés Duany offers 41 principles for architects to live by.
In response to an age rife with social stress, driven by economies so powerful that the entirety of the natural world is decisively affected by the pattern of human dwelling; for a design profession confused by the esoteric and the transient, Andrés Duany offers a series of principles by which architects can live.
Thanks to Chris Steins
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