Hey, if we're gonna go off-off-topic then take a look at these two Bauhus sources:
http://www.interart.co.il/
If you ask any resident of the Bauhaus buildings listed above, they will tell you that their apartments are very peculiar, somewhat uncomfortable, cramped and full off odd features that make them very endearing to them. They wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
So unlike other apartment buildings in the city that get a study traffic of residents, the Bauhausers are keepers, living there until the end.
Amir Avitzur In the beautiful Tel-Aviv suburb of Ramat-Gan
> Gentlemen of cycledom, I use the term loosely:
>
> Now you are on my turf. I am a designer and own an Architectural firm.
> There are two schools of thought.
>
> 1. Since the Bauhaus of which Mies was a Disciple the dictum was form
> follows function. And just so you know this school was just after WWI
and
> they were trying to design housing and it furnishings on the cheap, in
other
> words less was really more. The masses were pretty poor at the time so
this
> was there Ikea so to speak. It very ironic how exspensive there product
is
> today.
>
> 2. "Less is a Bore" Maybe this is you e-Ritchie. Just before the Bauhaus
> period was the Victorian Era...the more the decoration the better. I call
it
> "goop".
>
> So I guess here is how you can relates this to our Passion...cycling!
>
> Mies is to Trek as Queen Victoria is to Hetchins. I guess that is why I
> Personally prefer a Masi 3V in that bike there something for everybody.
>
> Any way here endth the lesson.
>
>
> Jack (Giacomo) Gabus
> Laguna Beach, CA
> jack@shermangabus.com