Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismThe Hannibal Lecter Memorial Elementary School- September 29, 2004 A real elementary school in Las Vegas from Jim Kunstler's Eyesore of the Month.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/09/hannibal_lecter.html The Libertarian Sprawl Lobby- September 29, 2004 There's a Libertarian Sprawl Lobby for hire. They disingenuously pretend to be reasonable, public-spirited citizens deciding each issue on its own merits. They work for non-profit institutes funded by automobile and highway interests. They use statistics in a way that's only a step or two this side of lying. Their...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/09/the_libertarian.html Letter(s) to the Editor- September 28, 2004 I've had letters published in the New York Times, but never one that criticized their architecture critic. Coincidence Here's one related to Prometheus in China. There are two more here. To the Editor: Those of us who read the former and present architecture critics of the New York Times, Herbert...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/09/letters_to_the_.html Continuing Education Course:<br>The Elements of Traditional Urbanism- September 26, 2004 I'm teaching a course in October on the principles of Traditional urbanism. On four Sunday afternoons, we will walk four different parts of the New York, using the streets and squares of the city as our classroom. Architects can get 12 of those rare HSW credits. The course is part...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/09/continuing_educ.html Yankee Stadium Redux- September 25, 2004 I'll be teaching a design studio at the University of Notre Dame next semester. The Yankees have announced they'll be building a new stadium, and we will study this as both a stadium design problem and an urban design problem. The Yanks are asking New York City for hundreds of...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/09/teaching_yankee.html The Thrilla at ManilaThe Coup At Viseu (vee-ZAY-oo)- September 25, 2004 Watercolor church plan by Prince of Wales Institute student Duncan McRoberts One of the Two Blowhards has been too busy to blog, so Michael Blowhard has been inviting others to join him. Nikos Salingaros has just written about the architecture school in Viseu, Portugal, where a group of Modernists connived...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/09/the_coup_at_vis.html New Urbanism & Modernism: Responding to MissRepresentation- September 25, 2004 In response to my response to Is that a soaring residential development in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me, MissRepresentation wrote:John: I separately mentioned the New Urbs (though, granted, in the same sentence) because I think of them as distinct from straight traditionalists, through when they...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/09/new_urbanism_mo_1.html Prometheus in China Redux- September 23, 2004 Human Rights Watch documents the evictions and deaths discussed below both online and in a PDF. I've sent a letter to the New York Times. We'll see how it goes the last letter I sent them had so many words added and taken out by the Letters department that...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/09/prometheus_in_c_1.html Prometheus In China &"Truly Bad Buildings"- September 21, 2004 In a series of strange stories about the architectural tipping point and the paradoxes that follow see here and here for two of many possible links here's the strangest, and saddest, yet. In China Pulls Up the Drawbridge, the New York Times reports that residents of Beijing are...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/09/prometheus_in_c.html 14 - 4, 11 - 1, 3 - 6- September 20, 2004 Yankees 14 - Red Sox 4, Yankees 11 - Red Sox 1: After losing 11 to 1, Pedro Martinez said a very strange thing: "If we get to the playoffs, we are not going to be the ones who are scared." If we get to the playoffs Unless they crash...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/09/14_4_11_1_3_6.html |