Church of the Light and Tadao Ando
When I hear the expression “light and shadow,” the first person who comes to mind is my first architecture professor, Kazim Agabeyov. It was from him that I first learned how important light and shadow…
Louis Kahn and Contradictions
I often think about good and evil, virtue and vice, love and hatred. Yet these thoughts never lead me to a definitive conclusion. Throughout my life, I have never met someone who was entirely good…
Kenzo Tange
Recently, during a conversation with architect Abdul Huseynov, whose work I have been following with great interest, he reminded me of something I had forgotten since my university years. Back when we were students, our…
People Who Remained in the Shadows
Throughout my life, I have encountered many different kinds of people: both good and bad. But over the past year, I have come across far too many people who took advantage of my work and…