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A Path to Prosperity - The Butterfly Effect
How an academic curiosity led me on a Caribbean adventure
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Andries Kerpestein
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What to Expect from this Blog
I started this blog with the aim to write regularly. Since then, I have been busy finishing up my studies at the London School of Economics, but now I…
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Andries Kerpestein
February 2022
Architecture and Evolution: VIII. The Value of Beauty and How To Profit From It
In this article, the last of this series, I delve into the economic value of traditional architecture and how to monetise it.
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Andries Kerpestein
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December 2021
Architecture and Evolution: VII. The Inevitable Failure of Modernism
Many have been writing about the failures of modern architecture ever since its inception in the early twentieth century amongst communist…
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Andries Kerpestein
October 2021
Architecture and Evolution: VI. Universal Principles for Good Architecture
As has been shown in the first three articles of this series, the evolution of our species has left us with innate aesthetic preferences. Summing things…
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Andries Kerpestein
Architecture and Evolution: V. An Evolutionary Theory of Architecture
In biology, evolution refers to the gradual change of species over time. The theory of natural selection, which was conceived independently by Charles…
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Architecture and Evolution: IV. The Position of the Viewer
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. That is not to say, as is what this saying is mostly used for, that our aesthetic preferences differ wildly and…
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Andries Kerpestein
Architecture and Evolution: III. The Universality of Ornament
Like symmetry, ornament has been a principal feature of architecture throughout history, until modernism rose to significance. Ornament can be found in…
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Andries Kerpestein
Architecture and Evolution: II. The Universality of Symmetry
As structures from all corners of the world attest to, one of the most universal phenomena in the history of architecture is symmetry. This is not…
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Andries Kerpestein
Architecture and Evolution: I. The Importance of Architecture
A short foundation on why beauty matters
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Andries Kerpestein
Architecture and Evolution: Introduction
One of my greatest passions is architecture. Whether I find it in an extravagant Sicilian baroque cathedral, an imposing neoclassical London townhouse…
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Andries Kerpestein
September 2021
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