Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismDemocratic- July 31, 2004 We had a family birthday party in Boston last weekend. It turned out we stayed in the same Cambridge hotel as the Clintons and the Democratic National Finance Committee. So even though the Democratic Convention didn't start until Monday, the day we left, on Saturday our hotel was full of...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/07/democratic.html The Order of Nature - Part III- July 30, 2004 Parts I and II of Phil Bess's five part Essay on Natural Law are here and here. Part III is here, with the first two parts, as well as below, by itself. I'll reply with some different thoughts when Phil's essay is complete.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/07/the_order_of_na_2.html Brought To You By The Libertarian Sprawl Lobby . . .- July 28, 2004 Copyright Andrew B. Singer.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/07/brought_to_you_.html The Order of Nature - Parts I–V- July 26, 2004 My friend Phil Bess is a professor of architecture at Notre Dame and a regular participant in the MetaPhysical Planning sessions at the New Urban congresses. We've been debating Natural Law on the pro-urb and TradArch lists. I've been posting one part at a time his essay on New Urbanism...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/07/the_order_of_na.html My New Watch & How Architects Think- July 26, 2004 There are lots of good looking, elegant watches available if you're ready to spend $5,000 to $10,000. I'm not. My new Swiss Railway watch (a copy of the famous Modern clock designed by Hans Hilfiker for the Swiss Federal Railways) cost $150, and I think it looks pretty good. Of...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/07/my_new_watch.html Dog Bites Man, Starchitect Spouts Nonsense!- July 22, 2004 More on the High Line from Curbed.com:Wolves vs. Dogs at the High Line The Villager comes through with a report on last week's High Line unveiling. Michael Van Valkenburgh, leader of the TerraGRAM team, says the High Line will be "a transition between 'the dog and the wolf,' the...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/07/dog_bites_man_s_1.html Dog Bites Man, Starchitects Design New York Dsytopia!- July 21, 2004 Story at Curbed.comhttp://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/07/dog_bites_man_s.html Actual Recording of an OnStar Call- July 21, 2004http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/07/actual_recordin.html Good News: Paris To Ban SUVs- July 21, 2004 Ban SUVs Paris might just do it City government would impose tighter pollution limits MSNBC Updated: 2:11 p.m. ET June 09, 2004 (The MSNBC site includes a live poll on the question of banning SUVs here.) PARIS - Bulky sport utility vehicles might be banned from clogging up the streets...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/07/paris_to_ban_su.html Bad News: He's Scared- July 21, 2004 A friend came home from a business trip to China a couple of weeks ago. "I'm scared," he said, "They're adding a thousand cars a day in Beijing alone." The US has approximately 4% of the world's population, and accounts for 27% to 35% of the world's daily oil use,...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/07/hes_scared.html |