tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937390557356997344.post5811678896106863218..comments2024-03-22T03:59:39.188-07:00Comments on Dive into Worldbuilding: Architecture: how it reflects history and cultureJuliette Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937390557356997344.post-27546204385185254702010-09-07T21:47:56.290-07:002010-09-07T21:47:56.290-07:00No problem, Shannon - I'm glad I could be of h...No problem, Shannon - I'm glad I could be of help!Juliette Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02879627074920760712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937390557356997344.post-61188410940847355252010-09-07T16:42:08.831-07:002010-09-07T16:42:08.831-07:001. A place where people build structures that coul...1. A place where people build structures that could potentially be permanent, but where some historical event has destroyed all structures over a certain age.<br><br>I saw that when I went to Darwin a few years ago. There was a building with a sign designating it as "historic", even though it was only built in the 1960s. That puzzled me for a moment, until I remembered that Christmas Day 1974 was when Cyclone Tracy destroyed pretty much the entire city. So there, anything pre-Cyclone IS historic.<br><br>P.S. Just Googled Tracy to get the facts right. Found a photo of three steel girders that are set like some surreal sculpture in the grounds of Casuarina College. They look like pretzels. The "sculptor" was Tracy.David Marshallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937390557356997344.post-26399458030345252102010-09-06T23:50:41.122-07:002010-09-06T23:50:41.122-07:00In my SF stories I positively avoid architecture (...In my SF stories I positively avoid architecture (I seem to become a cliché magnet). In my contemporary thrillers, I love to make the City / Town and it's buildings one of the main characters - easy, of course, because I can look at / hear / smell them.<br>Fascinating post - really made me think. Ta.Gary Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02283560376212654045noreply@blogger.com