Posts Tagged ‘traditional design’
Tradição! Portugal’s passionate about it’s symbol
Last year a new government party took power in Portugal. One of the first things the party leadership did was to switch up the country’s logo. Going from a “coat of arms” to a more modern, stylized, logo of graphic symbols… However! Elections have consequences, and this year another party took control – and –…
Read MoreNix on new RI State Archives building – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Photo, top: Proposed design for a new Rhode Island Archives and History Center. (Office of R.I. Secy. of State) By proposing to build itself a new headquarters, the Rhode Island State Archives has revealed itself capable of the self-aggrandizement conventional in most government bureaucracies. Granted, there…
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 MoreTraditional design is healthier – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer Photo: Six examples of traditional architectural design from around the world that incorporate an intuitive understanding of multiple fractals. (Classical Planning Institute) Without thinking much about it, most people prefer traditional architecture. Now it seems as if more detailed and ornamental styles of design for buildings…
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