Posts Tagged ‘building’
Industrial Trust lit up again! – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Photo, above: The Industrial Trust Bank Building lit up on August 7, 2023, David Brussat I don’t know how long this has been going on behind my back, but it sure does make me happy. After visiting a friend this evening and driving home in the…
Read MoreBad advice for Wayland Square – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer on architecture Wayland Square, named for Brown University’s fourth president, on land owned long ago by one of its founders, Moses Brown, is one of the most delightful neighborhoods in the city of Providence. It has fine shops and restaurants, and hundreds of elegant single-family houses,…
Read MoreIn the Arena – with One Neighborhood Builders
Each week Joe Paolino, Jr. interviews people of influence and leadership in Rhode Island. This week he speaks with the head of One Neighborhood Builders, Jennifer Hawkins. Here they talk about affordable housing, and homelessness in Rhode Island and the issues that can be tackled to make it easier for agencies and programs to address…
Read MoreRomans’ concrete made to last forever; unlike today’s planned obsolescence – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here & There, contributing The Pantheon, in Rome, is thought to be almost 2,000 years old. (getyourguide.com) A number of publications have run stories describing the recent discovery of how the ancient Romans made their concrete structures last so long. For example, the dome of the Pantheon, in Rome, survives intact…
Read MoreBritain embraces tradition. Will King Charles keep mum? – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer on architecture Dezeen reports that, in Britain, the Tory government’s minister for housing, Michael Gove, has thrown his support behind the idea of a university-level school for classical and traditional architecture and urbanism. He even wrote the foreward to a private think-tank paper backing the proposed…
Read MoreBest trad buildings of 2021 – David Brussat
by David Brussat, meteorologist This year’s meagre selection of new buildings designed in traditional styles came close to cancellation, not the first event to suffer that fate lately. It is depressing this year, as it was last year, to contemplate the listlessness of the genre, however lovely the specific works may be. This year I…
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