Posts Tagged ‘traditional architecture’
Best trad buildings of 2022 – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer It grows ever more difficult and hence ever more depressing to construct these annual roundups of traditional architecture. I feel a bit of guilt arising from the headline “Best trad buildings of 2022,” because so many of them are obviously not “the best.” I think I…
Read MoreRetooling esoteric design education to rebuild sustainable, beautiful cities – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Photo: Student at Hector Guimard high school learn stone carving to help restore Notre-Dame. (NPR) National Public Radio reported three years ago that the need for stone carvers to help restore the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, in Paris, following its fire in 2019, has caused schools teaching…
Read MoreLong live King Charles – have we lost his princely activism for traditional architecture? – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There Photo: Balmoral Castle, where Queen Elizabeth died and Prince Charles succeeded her as king. Anglophilia runs deep in this corner. Not because Great Britain has a royal family but because it has embraced Western civilization more than any nation. This fact explains its reign as Europe’s most powerful…
Read MoreTradition! Architecture as an anchor of stability in a churning, complicated environment – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Architecture may be suffering from a hegemonic conundrum that afflicts the major institutions of the whole world. It is not just hegemon vs. hegemon anymore, according to analyst Richard Fernandez in his recent essay “There Is Something Wrong with our Giant Institutions.” Instead, what we may…
Read MoreHistory wins one on the East Side – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer on architecture For a year or more the vultures circled over an old cottage between Williams and John streets just off of historic Benefit Street. A developer’s plan to add an ultra-modernist addition to a historic cottage at 59 Williams, and then to plop a pair…
Read MoreBiden revokes Trump mandate to return to beauty in architecture – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There – contributing writer, architecture Photo: Gene Snyder U.S. Courthouse, Kentucky Donald Trump signed an executive order on Dec. 18 to mandate a return to beauty, at least in federal architecture. His successor, Joe Biden, revoked it on Feb. 24. Architecture is a huge field of human endeavor. Along…
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