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The central idea of organic architecture is that buildings should be responsive to place and society (northwesterners should see Alvar Aalto's library at Mt. Angel Abbey in ...

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Gregory Conan Watts has been hired to prove the impossible. To do so, he's expected to assemble a crew that includes war heroes, carnies, respectable women, and one wilderness ...