The relationship between built space and nature, use of the techniques employed by ancient civilizations, and the influence of the iconographic world of American Indians. This is a journey through Wright's architecture, starting with a docufilm and the Hagan House, 25 years after it opened to the public
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MARS RED compounds its vampire-tinged military intrigue, further explores the tensions of the Taisho period, and takes some cues from zombie flicks. It s also a messier episode than the previous three. Tonally, it s all over the place, and the same goes for its various plot threads, which only seem to grow more tangled as time goes on. Under the surface, however, we can still find the meditations and artistic references that drew me to the series in the first place, and they continue to hint at the greater thematic ambitions of the story and these characters.
Each episode so far has featured a tragic vampiric couple at the center of its activity: Misaki and Maeda, the lovers who met their end at the hands of Code Zero, Yamagami and his wife, and now Suwa and Akesato. Each of the prior couples also featured an allusion to a past work of art that served as a metaphoric foundation for their romance and tragedy. In that respect, Suwa and Akesato are unique, because their tr