The Well (2023) in Toronto is another example of large amounts of white terracotta. Some say it is the best development in Toronto of this century (might not say much though). https://hell.twtr.plus/media/2b8d9516154c9c3cd11d0d9a6a4e9cff911a66a72b39891df9da505e9cb78c42.file
The 84 floors tall Steinway Tower in NYC use 43,000 terracotta tiles on two facades, built in 2021. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/c5955e4521c22774d79af5a2cff449f437c3a19de33c2b6da875d4e511ae81c2.file
Loughborough University
Signs of Sir Terry Pratchett’s dementia may have been hidden in his books – new study
Signs of Sir Terry Pratchett’s dementia may have been present in his writing a decade before his official diagnosis, new research has found.
Is signs of declining lexical diversity in nouns and adjectives over time a possible early warning of dementia? Study on the works of Sir Terry Pratchett. “Our analysis found that Sir Terry’s use of language did indeed change during his career. These results suggest that language may be one of the first signs of dementia, and Sir Terry’s books reveal a potential new approach for early diagnosis.” https://hell.twtr.plus/media/4c40896ec0d563b70d24041e76334238b5ef410a780bd631ff1f48b8b5d2a161.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/e48af2f2d7839d87a7315b720319fd9c4c35cd93f803df41c279b61ba1971559.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/1d7c4286ceea4666db39262b197fcd0740481eccd6c2c181b8df6caeb0e1ddec.file
RT @CharlestonArchi@twitter.com: These are not styles and forms from bygone eras. These are styles and forms from OUR era. They exist alongside us and we with them. We live and conduct our affairs in them, as did our ancestors. They are old but still alive. They are our shared inheritance. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/6584c4a387c509955d3a9f58bb2212e0ac2f6dad0932f8c2b86351b3f4134c86.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d708ee4247cbbe288cb4a4f5cdfdd990f6eb30a32cfc30de174f3579049937e5.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/be45faae7ae871175d42937c63538f0700af5c864cd33129a19cb063dcdeaa8e.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/c126c1f8276ce408de9d170ff8b2885415dfb366944e23900718dfcadb662f2b.file
"But Wrath, I work in construction and terracotta is terribly expensive today." Yes we have geared the economy to favor the large scale, because we subsidize logistics, unemployment, waste, industrial toxins, outsourcing, global supply chains, landfills, and so on. Even without changing most of this we could easily make architectural terracotta cheaper with more demand, more competition, more production, more training, and so on. Meanwhile you can create architectural glazed terracotta in a 35m² workshop like this rammed earth one in Bali, and have space over for a zen garden, an office and a shop. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/92f00b9ff4937d23752dc20d0609767d73981e07dcf75658d910c83771ba54bc.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/7f1feffc8a8a11eaf5d022fcbade60c9f82d49f25f4751a220763e718545e42e.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/01be36dbf343b878b7306776baa698e39e992153b274808d3a1ea17f92f8440e.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/afedd63e28592366b143202dc088beb2eadb578e7650286558e9db486369ac15.file