Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismNew Orleans Architecture- September 23, 2005 The New York Times, September 22, 2005 The New Orleans Shotgun: Down but Not Out By S. FREDERICK STARR NEW ORLEANS is becoming a target for what used to be called urban renewal. Talking heads describe the city, beyond the French Quarter and Garden District, as a collection of "blighted...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/09/new_orleans_arc_1.html Katrina & NU on NPR- September 23, 2005 The day the shortlist of architects chosen for Ground Zero was announced the New York Times architecture critic wrote, Thank God we kept the New Urbanists off the list. From the pro-urb list: I just appeared on a radio show called Open Source, hosted by Chris Lydon, out of WGBH...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/09/katrina_nu_on_n.html Conservative New Urbanism- September 20, 2005 New Urbanism transcends party politics. The Congress for the New Urbanism worked with the Clinton administration at HUD, and is about to work with the Bush administration in Mississippi. My guess is that the majority of New Urbanists are Democrats, like me. But there are plenty of Republicans, and many...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/09/conservative_ne.html Community, Character, and the New Urban Response to Katrina- September 19, 2005 From CNU.org: Community, Character, and the Response to Katrina September 17, 2005 As the efforts in New Orleans and other areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina turn from rescuing to rebuilding, New Urbanists have been working on ways to support local and regional reconstruction efforts. The goal is to create rebuilding...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/09/community_chara.html “The Stirling Prize shortlist is the first shot in the style wars”- September 19, 2005 From The Times of London: THE MADTRADS Who Quinlan Terry, Leon Krier, Robert Adam, John Simpson, Demitri Porpyrios. Their (very) spiritual leader is, of course, the Prince of Wales. Famous for A stoic hatred of modernism. The recent spat between sparring partners Rogers and Terry over the Chelsea Hospital extension...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/09/the_stirling_pr.html The Preservation of New Orleans Architecture & Urbanism- September 11, 2005 Frederick Starr's 176-year-old 9th Ward house. From the Philadelphia Inquirer: In the days since Katrina's strike, it has become clear that the areas best known to tourists remain largely intact. The French Quarter, the Garden District, the Canal Street business corridor, and the Warehouse Arts District were spared the worst...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/09/the_preservatio.html The Preservation of New York Architecture & Urbanism- September 11, 2005 Image from the LMDC. Click on the photo for a larger image On September 11, 2005, we are reminded that the LMDC and the architectural establishment have let New York down. When the work is all done, and you stand in the middle of "Freedom Square" and look around, you'll...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/09/the_preservatio_1.html Richmond Times-Dispatch: “U.Va. buildings' design criticized, Architecture faculty say recent structures only mimic Jefferson's”- September 9, 2005 The article from the Richmond Times-Dispatch is here and below. My letter to the Editor: The reason why the architecture faculty at the University of Virginia have attacked traditional architecture is simple: they are ideological Modernists who are afraid they are losing the position of control they have had over...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/09/richmond_timesd.html Dog Bites Man — Architecture Faculty Attacks Traditional Design- September 9, 2005 What can we do The students and alumni hate all the buildings the architecture professors like, and the architecture professors hate all the buildings the students and the alumni like. An anonymous member of the University of Virginia's Board of Visitors NORMAL PEOPLE (non-architects, that is) don't understand what...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/09/dog_bites_man_a.html Dog Bites Man — British Public Hates Award Winning Architecture- September 9, 2005 THE RESULTS ARE ALMOST IN, and it appears that the British public may have voted the new, award-winning Scottish Parliament building the "worst building in Britain." The show Demolition is supposed to tear down the winnerloser. Will Scotland allow the destruction of their barely finished, grossly overbudget building The ironies:...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2005/09/dog_bites_man_b.html |