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Thirteen; Stones Around The Fire; The Threshold: Myth And Discourse On The Genesis Of Architecture, James Samuel Jones

Oz

The number 13 reminds us of the "other," that which is mysterious, beyond reason, unknown, and only suggested through myth. The number 13 is mystical because it marks such a significant point in the counting of things; therefore it is with 13 that the realm of the unknown starts - the realm where things must be counted to be valued.

Triskaidekaphobia And Colonial American Land Development, Diane Wilk Shirvani

Oz

The number 13 sparks pangs of fear, even in today's supposedly rational, non-superstitious age. What powers does this number possess?

Port Of L.A., Herbert Muschamp

Oz

The architect was Franklin D. Israel Design Associates, while the text/critique was written by Herbert Muschamp.

When Frank Israel was a child in New York, you could drive along the West Side Highway on any weekend and pass seven or eight luxury liners tied up at the Hudson piers. Of course, jet travel had already made the liners obsolete by then, but nobody wanted to tell them that, because these ships were among the most beautiful, heart-lifting sights to behold in New York.

Arrival To The City, Scott Arford, Neil Cristal, Michael Dean, Christopher Mitchell, Doug Shaffer

Oz

The projects to follow are shamanic acts, trying to heal the "eternal wound of existence," of life and architecture. The healing occurs through acts and events which constitute the discourse of arrival to an ideal city.

The Concreteness Of The Invisible, Tony Duncan, Bryan Zimmer, Todd Devin Powers, Gary L. Holler, Bradley Skaggs, Bruce A. Johnson

Oz

The project commenced with the assumption that the manifested physical form of city (the one which we verify through common perception as objectivization of the idea of city) is a deception.