Archive | September, 2009

Conference 2009 Reminder

By on September 4, 2009 in Announcement, Conference

Don’t forget to register for the upcoming Mailer Society conference in Washington, D.C.  The first day (October 23) will be held at the Library of the Congress in the Member’s Room, courtesy of Rep. Neil Abercrombie.  Day Two (October 24) is at the U.S. Capitol Building, again thanks to the Congressman.  Details and registrations forms [...]

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Mailer’s LEGO Vision of New York

Mailer’s LEGO Vision of New York

By on September 4, 2009 in In the Blogosphere

Mailer’s dream city uses the basic technique of modern architecture, a mass-produced prefabricated element throughout. Here it would be a box girder, 50 by 25 by 12 feet, inside which the construction, a single apartment, would be built. Yet with such a standardized unit (represented by Lego blocks in the model), Mailer shows that an [...]

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