Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismThe Cost of Driving- September 7, 2004 Driving Takes Its Toll New York Times Op-Ed, September 4, 2004 By Owen D. Gutfreund his summer, Americans continued to rack up highway miles. Even while higher gas prices raised vacationing and commuting costs, most drivers acted as though this was a temporary glitch, complacently looking forward to the return...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/09/sprawl_costs.html Steps in Central Park- September 5, 2004 From my New York Photo Album. Click here.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/09/steps_in_centra.html Life's a Blog- September 3, 2004 We went to Southampton to get away from the convention. Now I have a photo album from Southampton's Main Street (click here). It's a good town center and commercial street. Many retail consultants will tell you that commercial streets shouldn't have trees, because they make it hard for drivers and...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/09/lifes_a_blog.html Proportion Redux- September 3, 2004 Steve Bass's post on proportion inspired a lot comments on the TradArch list. I'm posting some of them here (continued here). From: Andres Duany Reply-To: Traditional Architecture Listserv Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 20:42:08 -0400 Subject: Re: Colonial Williamsburg - President's House textHow is the aesthetic eye developed Do Italians...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/09/proportion_redu.html Architecture & Urbanism— Quote of the Day- September 1, 2004 The Quote of the Day is from spiked online: "In response, leading British architect Piers Gough left accused Morrison of producing 'anodyne GM Modernism - genetically modified to remove any ideology (looks like Modernism but tastes of nothing)'. Gough argued: 'Iconic status is not ours to give; it comes from...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2004/09/architecture_ur.html |