CARVING MONOLITHS
"The building - the void: an interesting city interplay" Guillermo Aranda-Mena CARVE Verb: (often to be carved) cut (a hard material) in order to produce and aesthetically pleasant object or design. Carve out: take something from a large whole, esp. with difficulty. Establish or create something through painstaking effort. MONOLITH Noun: French monolithe. Greek monos ( single ) + lithos ( stone ). 1. A large single upright block of stone, esp. one shaped into or serving as pillar or monument. A very large characterless building: the 72 story monolithic building overlooking the waterfront A very large block of concrete sunk in water, e.g. in the building of a dock. 2. a large and impersonal political, corporate or social structure regarded as intractibly, indivisible and uniform. From top to bottom: Delft Square, NL Federation Square, Melbourne The Botanical Gardens, Melbourne Hoi An Market, Vietnam Lugan...