Amongst the great many delights of the exchange, the interplay, between German and English is the word 'Gift': German English Gift Poison Geschenk Gift An interplay that, apart from all the other joys it brings, allows one to rephrase Virgil's "timeō Danaōs et dōna ferentēs" 'Beware Greeks bearing gifts' as 'Beware Germans bearing Gift'.🤣 With the exhibition The Gift. Stories of Generosity and Violence in Architecture the Architekturmuseum der TU München explore architecture as a
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