The Chuxi Tulou cluster dates to the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuxi_Tulou_cluster …pic.twitter.com/8ikNLrgPbK
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The Fujian Tulou are Chinese fortified earth buildings (12th–20th cent.), mostly circular or rectangular in configuration, five stories high & capable of housing up to 800 people. They functioned as village units, offering shelter & a sense of community https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujian_Tulou …pic.twitter.com/7l1gAk1F9a
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The shabonos (or yanos), circular communal dwellings of the Yanomami tribes of Southern Venezuela and Northern Brazil http://socks-studio.com/2016/11/16/communal-living-around-a-void-the-shabonos-dwellings-of-the-yanomami-tribes/ …pic.twitter.com/QTBd2UPzgW
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Sun City, Arizona https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1b7vl2/circle_city/ …pic.twitter.com/vkSGMJvOwZ
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'Civitas veri sive morum' [The City of Truth; or, Ethics] (1609) by Bartolomeo Del Bene https://books.google.at/books?id=X11a32E13iYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22bartolomeo+del+bene%22&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjoPCD4dDbAhUJhqYKHXqkCSsQ6AEIMTAB#v=onepage&q=%22bartolomeo%20del%20bene%22&f=false …pic.twitter.com/HqZl02STYU
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And, of course, to close the circle, the Apple Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Park pic.twitter.com/6pFFsplr9p
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And here's an interesting read on the circular/radial modelhttps://quadralectics.wordpress.com/4-representation/4-1-form/4-1-3-design-in-city-building/4-1-3-1-the-circularradial-model/ …
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The 'Happy Colony' of Robert Pemberton ['Ground plan of the model town for the happy colony. To be established in New Zealand by the workmen of Great Britain' and 'A View of the Colleges for the Happy Colony'] (London, 1854)pic.twitter.com/5Ng4u5rGME
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'Concentric Field' from Lebbeus Woods' series 'Centricity' (1987)pic.twitter.com/VA2YLO8Ue9
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