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MAN & NATURE IN HARMONY
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here are far too many examples where men or women have defiled nature with their constructs. Earlier this year I spent a month in five different countries. I was most impressed with how Singapore integrates man-made structures with nature. The photos I took reflect the country’s inherent cultural knowledge and execution of building very large structures like the Singapore Gardens (pictured), taking into account the natural settings, preserving the existing environment and shaping those structures to integrate visually and sensually with the surroundings. Singapore itself is a very modern city with many ties to its past history and its specific culture but perhaps today it is more of a melting pot. In many of the photos I took, the modern city is a backdrop for the newer, mostly organic structures that have been created to showcase nature. —George R. Daniels, L/IDSA
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