Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismSo Long, Frank Lloyd Wrong- March 12, 2004 Here's the funny thing about all these new "unprecedented" buildings they're all copying other buildings. First the writers of the tv sitcom Wings make fun of Modernism by thinking up a building that everyone will laugh at. Then the French architect Christian de Portzamparc does them one better by...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/03/so_long_frank_l.html "It Takes A Village, But We Ain't Got One"- March 11, 2004 What a strange day in the news. The New York Post ("It Takes A Village") and the New York Times ("Critic's Notebook: Let the Design Sprint Begin") both reported on the architectural plans announced yesterday as part of New York City's bid to host the 2012 Olympics. What's so strange...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/03/it_takes_a_vill.html "In Which I Post Photos of the Beautiful Connecticut Town of Southport"- March 9, 2004 I've uploaded a new photo album. The list of albums is in the left sidebar, or click here for Southport.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/03/in_which_i_make.html BOOKS: Utilitas, Firmitas, Venustas - 30% off- March 7, 2004 I've been planning a post on why good places produce a sense of well-being, while bad places depress. But first I have to mention a book I started reading today: Emotional Design: Why We Love (Or Hate) Everyday Things, by Donald Norman. I'm only up to page 20, but so...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/03/books_.html Friday: Another Andy Rooney Moment- March 6, 2004 Do you ever wonder whats going through the mind of all those people who walk behind cars that are backing up Quick, I heard a father say to his small son as I backed into a parking space this afternoon. Go behind him before he gets into the space. Luckily...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/03/friday_another_.html A New Urban Tour of Charleston- March 4, 2004 Click here for a PDF copy of the Top Ten New Urban Sites of Charleston. It's also on the website of Save the City. Save the City is a very interesting Charleston organization take a look at the current issue of their publication The Guardian, which is available too...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/03/a_new_urban_tou.html An Open Letter to Terry Teachout- March 2, 2004 Terry Teachout lives in Manhattan. He's the drama critic of the Wall Street Journal and the music critic of Commentary, but for his blog About Last Night he writes about the other arts, toobooks, ballet, painting and sculpture, film and TV, whatever happens to catch his eye or ear. He...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/03/an_open_letter_.html |