Completed in 2023 in Bucarest, Romania. Images by Vlad Patru. The store is a node, an homage to old-style eyewear stores, reinterpreted and recontextualized in a contemporary way. All the shapes and volumes are.
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Although the use of arches in architecture dates back to the 2nd millennium B.C., it was the Romans who solidified them as both an engineering element and a symbol of military victories, which we now see excessively as memorial arches. Shortly after, different civilizations and cultures adopted the arch for their own purposes, bridging together structural necessity and aesthetics. In this article, we look at how arches evolved from significant structural elements to captivating decorative details.
Similar to how the function of arches evolved throughout the years with different civilizations, its form changed as well. Romans utilized the semicircular arch for their bridges and grand structures, whereas the Abbasids (a caliphate that ruled the Arab, Persian, and Mesopotamian regions) opted for the pointed arch, initiating its reference to religion and grandiosity. Following their use in mosques, pointed arches became extensively used in cathedrals in Medieval Europe, and were d
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The Culture Ministry, via the National History Museum of Romania, will support the organization of the public and cultural diplomacy programme that will celebrate the 140th anniversary this year of diplomatic relations between Romania and Spain. This is a very important event for us, and we will treat it as such. This will be a good occasion to promote and strengthen the connection between the Romanian diaspora in Spain and the values of our national culture. At the same time, we will bring to the public s attention some elements of the Spanish culture. It will be a programme that will give us the opportunity to promote cultural diversity, which is very necessary for identifying a common language between the different groups in the society, Minister of Culture Bogdan Gheorghiu said in a press release sent to AGERPRES on Wednesday.