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“It's tens of millions of calculations just to design one connection between a piece of structural steel and another piece of structural steel.” quote by Greg Lynn — Download Open image

“It's tens of millions of calculations just to design one connection between a piece of structural steel and another piece of structural steel.”

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It's incredibly exciting to know people are using and living with the things I create.

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I always try to think in curves.

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As sustainability becomes more and more of a concern, we're going to see more plastics.

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Cold calculation, random spots of color, mathematically exact construction (clearly shown or concealed), drawing that is now silent and now strident . . .…

Giacomo Puccini

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Ludwig von Mises

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It was so simple to paint things as I saw them; to put without special calculation a red close to a blue.

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