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The 'International Style of Modernism' came with the advent of building services. In the end, the architecture became like a container space, essentially like a boring box with a basement full of machinery to make it inhabitable. As a result, buildings literally started to look identical all over the planet.
The fact that something is actually understandable and relatable doesn't mean that it's unsophisticated or banal. It just means that it's crystal-clear. And if you can't explain it, that doesn't necessarily mean it's so brilliant that ordinary mortals can't fathom it. It might just mean that it makes no sense.
The one thing all humans share is that we all inhabit the same limited amount of real estate, which is Planet Earth.
Today, we have sophisticated building technology: we can calculate and simulate the environments and performance of the building, the thermal exposure of envelop, or the air flow through an urban space or structure.
We can engineer a building and design a building with least reliance on active machinery to make it inhabitable.
When I moved to America, everybody was asking, 'Why the hell are you going to America? It's over; you should be going east.' But it turned out our timing was miraculous.
When I started studying architecture, people would say, you know, 'Can you tell me why are all modern buildings so boring?' Because, like, people had this idea that in the good old days, architecture had, like, ornament and little towers and spires and gargoyles, and today, it just becomes very practical.
You can say, like, planet Earth has an existing geology, and what we do as human beings and as architects is that we try to sort of alter and modify and expand the geology.
'Coriolanus' deals with the birth of democracy. And that has been fascinating because I've been talking about politics so much because of 'Borgen.' It's a nice bridge.
Acting and singing were just a hobby, but getting into drama school made me realise I could actually do it for a living.
After 'Pitch Perfect' premiered, I've got so many sweet expressions from people who enjoyed 'Pitch Perfect' and now the episode of 'Game of Thrones.'
Any director or writer or artist has the right to do what they want to do - freedom of expression is something I celebrate.
At some point, they must do a 'Borgen' tour in Copenhagen. Like the 'Sex and the City' tour, but on bicycles.
Don't worry about not fitting in. The things that make people think you're weird are what makes you you, and therefore your greatest strength.
For me, art is like a big support group, where you go and meet people who think the same way, and you go, 'Okay, I'm not nuts.'
I adore Copenhagen, where I live, but I'm really drawn to New York.
I have a problem with fashion magazines sometimes - they seem to have these dogmas or uniforms. 'This is the way you must look; this is this season's must-have.' I really resent the phrase 'must-have.' I prefer to decide for myself what I think is beautiful or fashionable.
I ride my bike past the Danish Parliament, and it's very accessible - there's really no security!
I think one of the reasons 'Borgen' has such a following is because the characters are quite positive people.
I used to watch a lot of American and British television as a child, which helped teach me the language and accents; it was partly that which landed me the part of Roxy in a London production of 'Chicago' when I was 25.
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Abigail Adams
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22 November, 1744
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28 October, 1818
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