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The value of stillness in architecture

As I write this, we have moved into the new year and a time of great instability, with shocking international conflict and erratic weather patterns. (The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts has released data that show 2023 to be the warmest calendar year in global temperature data records going

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