. . . . . certain developers understand that maximizing height (and therefore building area) is not always the preferred action, and go so far as to restore, re-purpose, and rehabilitate buildings (as opposed to tear down to rebuild); or, neither do they do the similar oftentimes deleterious option of plopping three to four stories of graceless new construction on top of a one or two story historic property . . . .
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Simplicity, singular concept, intentionality. the beauty of the common day activities...these values seem to inform the work of Ando Hiroshige. Values that I aspire to uphold.
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