Wow I really like this look. I don't know what it reminds me of. It's like a zoomed in detail of some Ghiberti metalwork panel or something. Some Ghiberti-style paneled doors shaped like this would be awesome looking.

I forgot to say this LTV branch reminds me of what John Ruskin wrote on economics. He argued that "sentiment" was a core component of the economy as the motivator for labor.

He was laughed at, but given where we're at now, remarkably prescient. "Unto this Last" is a good collection of that stuff.

Sweet! Thanks for the recommend, I'll be sure to check them out.

Wow, just skimmed it but super interesting. I was schooled in subjective theory of value economics that discarded Labor Theory of Value as the article mentions. I'll have to really dig into this, thanks for posting.

Some category of Thomasson?

I'm away from my library right now but I believe my top four are:

1. Christopher Alexander (not a novelist)
2. Melville
3. Iain Sinclair
4. Murakami

Wow, had no idea! Thanks for the reference.

The reference to architecture is interesting too, I wasn't aware he thought much about that field.

They're going ahead with plans to reopen it, right?

See this Baidu link below as an example discussion: