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No Architecture

These thoughts are influenced by the book Architecture without architects by Bernard Rudolfsky issued in 1964. A set of examples of build environment by people without engineer plans or any sense of architectural education. No Architecture is a manifestation of common sense, a creation which deals with important things that interests the user.   It is about rejection of architectural problems like the visual appearance of a plan, a form of a street, or interest about visual smog of the city. No Architecture emphasize the role of public interest, of a man´s preoccupation and perception.  There is probably a certain correlation between good buildings and famous architects who have not studied architecture. Take the most influential architect of the 20th century, Le Corbusier. He studied engraving and he take an architectural experience in studios of brothers Perrets and in a studio of Peter Behrens. Another contemporary example is Japanese architect, Pritzker price winner of 1995, Tad