How do we know that ruins ever were "finished" buildings?
How do we know that present day squelette-ready sites are not "finished" buildings?
Is a building always in a state of building, and a ruin always in a state of ruination?
What ruins a building, and what builds a building?
What builds a ruin, and what ruins a ruin?
What is the qualification for "abandoned"?
Is the purpose of a building to be used for the purpose it was designed for?
Is any building abandoned by its owner, at any stage in its building/use, qualification to be a failed building?
Are ruins purposeless? Who owns ruins? Do ruins suit these new tenants?
Buildings hold purposes, ruins hold questions and secrets. Or is it the other way around?
http://quietbabylon.com/2010/gradual-calamity/
http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2009/06/ruins-of-the-present/
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