Friday, May 29, 2009


I discovered this treasure quite by accident.
It's the Bangladesh Parliament Building designed by US architect Louis Kahn, who somehow, miraculously, completed this immense project, in spite of the fact that Bangladesh didn't have enough money to do so.

The Bangladesh Government and the Bangladesh population are said to have thanked Louis Kahn for having given them a place in which to establish the democratic ideals that had eluded them for centuries.

Louis Kahn created a masterpiece, with this building. The unusual shape and placement of its windows, is a design-phenomenon that, as far as I know, had never before been utilized anywhere else.

Each time I look at the Bangladesh Parliament, I smile.......because it is perfect, elegant, powerful, and totally magnificent.
Its concept makes me happy.
It makes the entire world
a more beautiful place!
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