Roman ruination

2005-06-24T00:00:00

Vetruvius’s mantra of “commodity, firmness and delight” has been so long established that to contradict it seems almost heretical. But that’s exactly what Architecture Foundation director Rowan Moore did at this week’s Elements of Architecture event at the Tate Modern. Moore labelled the ancient Roman’s insight as “the most boring ...

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