Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismArchitects Say the Darndest Things - <br>More West Side Railyards Saga- April 14, 2005 THE BUILDINGS ARE UGLY, the landscaping ridiculous, the park unusable . . . but the worst part is that architect Alex Krieger, former Chairman of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard School of Design, tried to sell his plan for the railyards on the West Side...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/04/architects_say_.html West Side Railyards Saga Continues- April 12, 2005 Straight from Curbed More info herehttp://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/04/west_side_raily.html New Seaside Building- April 11, 2005 A new building on Seaside's Central Square, by Merrill and Pastor Architects.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/04/new_seaside_bui.html The Seven Realms of Architecture- April 11, 2005 Universal Temporal Cultural National Regional Local Personal From the NewDiscourse list & Steve Mouzonhttp://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/04/the_seven_realm.html COMMENTS: What's Wrong With This Picture- April 9, 2005 A VISITOR ASKED what's wrong with Pritzker Prize winner Christian de Portzamparc's mirror glass condo tower that will soon rise on Park Avenue South. He thought it was much "cooler" than the "stodgy" brick buildings around it. The original post is here. Other comments are here. (And there's more on...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/04/comments_whats_.html 50s Revival, patrons, clients and users- April 9, 2005 D E S I G N O B S E R V E R had a recent post that made me think about 1950s Revival that's been going on in architecture and interior desecration for a few years. It also reminded me of my unfortunate VisStud period -- having transferred...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/04/d_e_s_i_g.html Yankeeville- April 3, 2005 his is another of the 3 designs for a new Yankee Stadium and neighborhood from my Notre Dame architecture studio (the Georgetown plan is here). "Yankeeville" refers to the Chicago neighborhood around Wrigley Field. There's more information here, and an aerial photo of the site around the Stadium here.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/04/yankeeville.html New Polemic Summer School- April 1, 2005 I'm happy to say I'll be teaching at the Institute's revived Summer Program. There's more info here. You can download the poster here.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/04/new_polemic_sum.html Project for Public Spaces Newsletter- April 1, 2005 The Project for Public Spaces has some interesting stories in their current newsletter. Example: McDonald's has taken to heart the idea that "local is the new organic," and they're reorganizing to get more fresh local produce in their drive-ins. Sadly, PPS has lost their lease and is moving to an...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/04/project_for_pub.html |