A brief and unexpected email exchange with Wes produced this nugget that will likely be useful when later evaluating the production of architecture as national symbol:
You've found the carcass of a weblog maintained by Bryan Boyer while he was a thesis student in the architecture dept. at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. At the time he was concerned with national identity, foam, representation, graphics, and time travel.
Let's play a game! Up top we've provided framed portraits of the people who have had a big influence on our thinking in the course of this thesis so far. Name them all to get a special prize.*
