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  • Published 20140805
  • ISBN: 9781922182425
  • Extent: 264 pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

he’s a conjuror

of shapes

 

tossing triangles

into blue

 

calling stalks

from the ground

 

asking water

to dance

 

rocks to slide

and roll

 

roofs to bob

like sea birds

 

he’s a sculptor

            of light

 

 

*Ting Pei: architect, designer of many buildings worldwide including the Louvre annexe.

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Duncan Richardson

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