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		kmt on June 8, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Steve Jobs Presents His Ideas For A New Apple Camp... It means that the building doesn't overwhelm you. Like the buildings in Paris for example.

_zhqs on June 9, 2011 [–]

I assume you exclude the buildings at La Défense?

kmt on June 10, 2011 | [–]

Yes, absolutely.

_zhqs on June 10, 2011 | | [–]

I find, for example, the Grand Arche uplifting. Tagging an architecture as not "human scale" seems to me an attempt to pit it against human aspirations.

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