I’ve passed this newly constructed apartment
building in Sunny Isles Beach, FL at least once a day for over a year. It was
only recently, however, that I realized the design on its face is not just one
of those pretty patterns architects and designers use to create interest on a
bland face of a building.
It fact, it's a stylized design of a deeply
significant motif called the Tree of Life traced to ancient Mesopotamia (4500-539
BC), located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Throughout the centuries,
it’s been an important symbol of interconnectedness, a metaphor of life, a correlation
to man, and mystical/religious concept.
I wonder if the architect or
designer responsible for its placement on this building is aware
of and appreciates the motif's longevity and millenniums of its use.
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