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The Four Approaches Four main paths of yoga, from omtology https://www.madeleineanne.co.uk/culture/category/Travel monthly 0.5 https://www.madeleineanne.co.uk/culture/category/Relationships monthly 0.5 https://www.madeleineanne.co.uk/culture/category/Health monthly 0.5 https://www.madeleineanne.co.uk/culture/category/Culture monthly 0.5 https://www.madeleineanne.co.uk/culture/category/Sports monthly 0.5 https://www.madeleineanne.co.uk/reading daily 0.75 2025-03-20 https://www.madeleineanne.co.uk/reading/minor-detail-adania-shibli monthly 0.5 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/218c4bad-0aeb-4166-85de-cfec33206cfa/tempImage7QuLXi.jpg Reading & Reviews - Book Review; Minor Detail by Adania Shibli Read: 13/3/24 - 14/3/24 Format: Physical Spoiler free: Yes My rating: ★★★★★ https://www.madeleineanne.co.uk/reading/wmnju6ae6uhpdn8v9vuqmh40xj8aw6 monthly 0.5 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/97e3258f-02fa-421c-8c34-91e0fcd5fb8d/432DD324-4924-4CA6-AE1F-08B4F01413A5.jpeg Reading & Reviews - Book Review; In Praise of Shadows by Jun’ichiro Tanizaki Read: 23/6/22 - 24/6/22 Format: Physical Spoiler free: Yes My rating: ★★★★½ https://www.madeleineanne.co.uk/reading/book-review-norwegian-wood-by-haruki-murakami monthly 0.5 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/3ba722b1-a26e-4c47-805c-6980a81ce84b/62DCA796-4595-4BDF-A44E-D42570C14EA1.jpeg Reading & Reviews - Book Review; Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami Read: 21/6/21 - 16/7/21 Format: Physical Spoiler free: Yes My rating: ★★★★☆ https://www.madeleineanne.co.uk/reading/book-review-the-outsider monthly 0.5 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/ba134a2a-cd16-4a56-a1a8-b5f423065be0/theoutsidercamus.jpg Reading & Reviews - Book Review; The Outsider by Albert Camus - Read: 25/12/21 - 26/12/21 Format: Physical Spoiler free: Yes My rating: ★★★★★ https://www.madeleineanne.co.uk/reading/2q74wbo80cxdla0clk8xfz92hzo67r monthly 0.5 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/1622650270510-JWUZXKHOJGMC79R8JVD9/IMG_1263.jpg Reading & Reviews - Critical Review; The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins Read: 03/02 - 18/02 Format: Physical Genre: Ethnography My rating: ★★★★★ https://www.madeleineanne.co.uk/reading/reading-goals monthly 0.5 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/1620060850883-N0TQITLOBFRYQ0SEWZUT/File_046.jpeg Reading & Reviews - reading goals - future reading ideas? I’m jotting down some ideas for books that are long term tbr books or have generally piqued my interest to keep me on track. So here is the list of books I want to read in the near future. I’m a mood reader though so we’ll see… here we go! https://www.madeleineanne.co.uk/reading/a-spy-in-the-house-of-love-by-anais-nin monthly 0.5 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/1609678822014-ETWEV4CZPSSJ97Z7E519/ASITHOL.jpg Reading & Reviews - Book Review; A Spy in the House of Love by Anaïs Nin - Read: 29/12 - 30/12 Format: Physical Spoiler free: Yes My rating: ★★★★½ https://www.madeleineanne.co.uk/reading/tokyo-ueno-station-by-yu-miri monthly 0.5 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/1600017500218-12SFQHZA256X41VMPREC/36EA8031-D905-409F-847A-FDAF436C2DEC.jpg Reading & Reviews - Book Review; Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri Read: 03/09 - 09/09 Format: Physical Spoiler free: Yes My rating: ★★★★☆ Type: Psychogeography https://www.madeleineanne.co.uk/reading/book-review-tnotw monthly 0.5 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/1590197248995-Q0JS7KYW0OHBQFF2BDXT/TNOTW.jpg Reading & Reviews - Book Review; The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss - Read: 15/05 - 21/05 Format: Audiobook Spoiler free: No My rating: ★★★★½ https://www.madeleineanne.co.uk/archeng daily 0.75 2025-01-16 https://www.madeleineanne.co.uk/archeng/the-development-of-stone-as-a-modern-material monthly 0.5 2025-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/d8db1bfd-197b-4822-a4b9-64d50e08cdb1/Alvar+Aalto.png Architecture & Engineering - The Development of Stone as a Construction Material - Make it stand out Image 1: Alvar Aalto’s Finlandia House in Helsinki. Photo by University of Helsinki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/b6f0e667-c100-429c-8786-56766063cae5/AsiriDesigns.jpeg Architecture & Engineering - The Development of Stone as a Construction Material - Make it stand out Image 2: Issues with polymer-backed cladding examples. Credit: Asiri Designs https://www.madeleineanne.co.uk/archeng/revolutionary-architecture-eladio-dieste monthly 0.5 2025-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/c34ee34b-a52c-4844-b102-ec5869daa023/+Door+of+Wisdom+%28%2522The+Gull%2522%29%2C+Salto%2C+Uruguay.jpeg Architecture & Engineering - Revolutionary Architecture: Eladio Dieste - Make it stand out Image 2: Door of Wisdom ("The Gull"), Salto, Uruguay. Taken from Prob­a­ble Archi­tec­tures of Improb­a­ble Reason https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/c28c4d70-85c1-47a6-9a5e-e51577f5dc36/Construction-of-ruled-surface-walls-at-Church-of-Christ-the-Worker-in-Atlantida-Uruguay.png Architecture & Engineering - Revolutionary Architecture: Eladio Dieste - Make it stand out Image 1: Construction of ruled surface walls at Church of Christ the Worker in Atlántida, Uruguay. Taken from Remo Pedreschi's, The Engineer's Contribution to Contemporary Architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/9abc4799-ca83-4971-89f9-df81625ef5b2/DIESTE_NORDEN_003_resize-1.jpeg Architecture & Engineering - Revolutionary Architecture: Eladio Dieste - Make it stand out Image 3: Church of Cristo Obrero. Atlantida, Uruguay. 1958-60. Credit: Julian Palacio. https://www.madeleineanne.co.uk/archeng/frei-ottos-contribution-to-the-development-of-modern-architecture monthly 0.5 2025-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/ae9438a9-c2b8-49f6-b26f-d4a53eb02516/pneu.png Architecture & Engineering - Frei Otto’s Contribution to the Development of Modern Architecture - Make it stand out Figure 6: A diagram sketch depicting connections within the “pneu” (Fabricius, 2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/bd4d6208-3053-4bd2-bf68-e1ce53cf6ab8/aviary.jpeg Architecture & Engineering - Frei Otto’s Contribution to the Development of Modern Architecture - Make it stand out Figure 9: The Aviary at Hellerbrunn Zoo, 1980 (Dezeen) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/a73b9e42-f082-4d56-b238-c35922b4e845/the+actic+city+project.jpeg Architecture & Engineering - Frei Otto’s Contribution to the Development of Modern Architecture - Make it stand out Figure 7: The Arctic City Project, 1971 (Hidden Architecture) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/c6be41f4-4906-4f6e-951a-dbf8f3d4866b/eden-project-tamsyn-lewis.jpeg Architecture & Engineering - Frei Otto’s Contribution to the Development of Modern Architecture - Make it stand out Figure 8: The Eden Project, 2000 (Eden Project) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/a947e44c-ed2d-47ca-ad18-3ec5405c9896/working+w+student.png Architecture & Engineering - Frei Otto’s Contribution to the Development of Modern Architecture - Make it stand out Figure 5: Otto working on a pneumatic experiment, 1973 (Fabricius, 2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/109384a6-bacd-4083-9243-bf71dfd4fc10/seidenhaut.jpeg Architecture & Engineering - Frei Otto’s Contribution to the Development of Modern Architecture - Make it stand out Figure 2: Seidenhaut, soap film model study (SL Rasch) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/2010b4b6-e8cf-4d3b-ac72-490a837017a7/music+pavilion.jpeg Architecture & Engineering - Frei Otto’s Contribution to the Development of Modern Architecture - Make it stand out Figure 1: Music pavilion, 1955 (Dezeen) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/9ccf2ae9-04f6-4003-bb9a-7a0b98145675/trapman.png Architecture & Engineering - Frei Otto’s Contribution to the Development of Modern Architecture - Make it stand out Figure 3: Jan Trapman, Kristallbouw, c. 1957 (Moravanszky, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/32b9612d-8f1e-450a-b305-249a034bd10f/german+expo.jpeg Architecture & Engineering - Frei Otto’s Contribution to the Development of Modern Architecture - Make it stand out Figure 4: Expo ’67 German Pavilion, Montreal 1967 (metalocus) https://www.madeleineanne.co.uk/archeng/a-proposed-approach-to-environmental-sustainability-regarding-the-technical-design-of-structures monthly 0.5 2025-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec80bd234417c38a0ee5ad4/1609002430782-BFANZKJC8JV76JBN8JMB/Bloomberg.png Architecture & Engineering - A proposed approach to environmental sustainability regarding the technical design of structures. 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