Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismSlow Food & New Urbanism- February 2, 2004 IS THIS the best American cheese Globalization is a good thing. Corporate agri-business globalization and the universal export of American exurban sprawl are usually bad things. Slow Food and Smart Growth are free-market movements that want to make the world a better place. A debate is starting on this subject,...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/02/slow_food_new_u.html NEWS: Traditional and Classical Architecture and Urbanism- February 2, 2004 The Institute for Traditional Architecture (ITA) has joined the Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America (ICA & CA). See http:www.classicist.org and http:TraditionalArchitecture.orgica+capress.html. The Mission Statement for the ITA said, "The purpose of the Institute for Traditional Architecture is to revive the design, teaching, and construction of traditional architecture and...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/02/news_re_traditi.html "Hello, my name is John.<br>I'm a recovering architect."- February 1, 2004 That's the title of a lecture I gave on a tour of architecture schools in the Midwest. I will post the lecture soon. John Massengale AIA, CNU Veritas et Venustas http:www.massengale.comhttp://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/02/hello_my_name_i.html |