Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismThe New Discourse & The Discourse That Cannot Be Named- January 27, 2006 I've had several recent requests for this article, so here is the link to download the PDF.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/01/the_new_discour.html The Best Little Wal-Mart in Mississippi- January 26, 2006 Before & After the Mississippi Renewal Charrette. (Click on the photo for a larger image.) IT LOOKS LIKE one of the early successes of the Mississippi Renewal charrette may be the design for the new "Wal-Mart Neighborhood Center" in Pass Christian. The big box store sits behind a big parking...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/01/the_best_little_1.html OLD: Low Prices All The Time NEW: Where The Elite Buy Meat- January 26, 2006 Wal-Mart chief executive officer Lee Scott held a two-hour meeting with the Prince, an outspoken advocate of green causes, at Clarence House in London, where he sought advice on how to improve his company's environmental credentials. Scott met Prince Charles at a White House banquet last year. He was impressed...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/01/quote_of_the_da_1.html Quote of the Day — New Orleans Redux- January 26, 2006 "This is absolutely remarkable!" he said. "I never thought I'd see such ideas happen in this town in my lifetime. It's simply unbelievable. Here's the case for mixed-use, mixed-income, pedestrian-scale neighborhoods. For light-rail transit, for parks in every neighborhood, for protection of sensitive areas and covering canals for green space."...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/01/quote_of_the_da.html Urban Schools & Charter Schools: Architects Needed- January 25, 2006 IN OUR URBAN REVIVAL (our best cities are also our most expensive places to live), more and more people focus on the decline of our city schools. Most urban couples with children move to the suburbs and their schools once they have school-age children. Cities need good schools, and there...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/01/urban_schools_c.html Lost In Translation- January 24, 2006 When I started architecture school, I had been lucky enough to be exposed to great places and buildings: in New York, New England, England, London, Paris, France, Italy, Rome, Florence, Venice. I had a good sense of what I wanted to do, but my professors would tell me, "That's not...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/01/lost_in_transla.html Gulfport & MDOT- January 23, 2006 From the Mississippi Renewal listserv: Steve Coyle did a stupendous job of running the Downtown Gulfport Workshop last Thursday and Friday. I learned an enormous amount about what's going on in Gulfport. Most critically I was absolutely stunned by the near unanimous support for the ideas of the MS Renewal...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/01/gulfport_mdot.html Don't Count Your Bridges Before They're Built- January 23, 2006 The Mississippi DOT thinks they've beaten the New Urbanists in Biloxi. The Katrina Charrette produced a design for a beautiful beach boulevard along the Mississippi coast, but the DOT wants an interstate. Last week, it looked like MDOT had won. But apparently Bridgezilla isn't a done deal yet. The Coast...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/01/dont_count_your.html Another Reason To Dislike Glass Towers- January 19, 2006 It's bad enough that Manhattan is turning into Houston-on-the-Hudson. And that the average glass tower is boringly,mechanically repetitive and scaleless. Now we find out that 100 million to 1 billion birds die in the US every year when they fly into windows, and that when research was done at a...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/01/another_reason_.html Bridgezilla- January 18, 2006 Biloxi Sun-Herald OpEd, December 29, 2005 MDOT's message is clear: Cross us at your peril By Julia Weaver Ocean Springs Alderman It's time to get a few things straight about the Mississippi Department of Transportation, the City of Ocean Springs, and the Ocean Springs-Biloxi Bridge. MDOT's insistence on rebuilding this...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/01/bridgezilla.html |