http://theaestheticelevator.com/2008/08/08/entropy-patina-the-built-environment/ For a well-considered visual environment Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:21:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://theaestheticelevator.com/2008/08/08/entropy-patina-the-built-environment/#comment-12967 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:10:03 +0000 http://theaestheticelevator.wordpress.com/?p=1160#comment-12967 [...] The Truth About Materials — over at A Public Sketchbook is largely a follow up to my Autumn post Entropy, patina and the built environment. From the Sketchbook’s [...]

]]> http://theaestheticelevator.com/2008/08/08/entropy-patina-the-built-environment/#comment-12354 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:16:56 +0000 http://theaestheticelevator.wordpress.com/?p=1160#comment-12354 I’d also much prefer to be in a well-crafted older building (although this may be largely on account of the poorer design/fabrication of homes and buildings over the last 50 years+). I’ve found, though, that my allergies to mold aren’t always conducive to that. Of course, neither is living in Arkansas, with all of its flora and rainfall.

]]> http://theaestheticelevator.com/2008/08/08/entropy-patina-the-built-environment/#comment-12351 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:33:25 +0000 http://theaestheticelevator.wordpress.com/?p=1160#comment-12351 i love how good materials age. gives them character. my preference is probably unusual though – i like hundred year old buildings over new ones, and if it’s going to be new, it should be capable of lasting a hundred years. don’t know why, it’s just what i like.

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