So you want to be an Architect: What Architecture and Music Have in Common

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This is an excellent video series educating the general public about basic ideas related to architecture. I found this episode very insightful as it made connections between music and architecture.

In one instance, there was reference to architecture as the “flowering of geometry” meaning the elaboration and mastery of shape and form. In another case, the product of an architect was seen as “frozen music or a static harmony of sound.” And just like the music performed within the walls of an old European church, the building itself can be seen as a handmaid of devotion, like a sermon in stone.

Other views expressed in this episode include the idea that structures possess a kind of message or story and that the sight of a harmonious building can contribute to mental health, power, and pleasure. In the end, architecture, like music, is seen as these 4 things:

Form

Story

Music (or Composition)

Inspiration

Watch the video to make these connections yourself and afterwards leave your insights for others to read.

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Related Music:

Mr. Gambler

The Possibility of Joy

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Marc

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