Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismFor FITNR- March 30, 2006 FITNR complains that I haven't complained about Mike Davis's article in The Nation. Well geez, I saw it yesterday for the first time, it only has one small, gratuitous slur of New Urbanism (not like some other articles by Davis), and most of what it says seems to be true:...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/03/for_fitnr.html Reality's calling, and it wants its city back.- March 26, 2006 Yo, Narcissus, if you dont stop gazing at your reflection in the toxic flood waters down here in the Ninth Ward, you might fall inaccidentally, of course. Sara Hart at The Gutter AFTER HIS LATEST PRONOUNCEMENT, I'm starting to feel sorry for Reed Kroloff but others, like his...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/03/realitys_callin.html Brooklyn's Best- March 25, 2006 MY BROTHER AND I are in a lawsuit against our darling sister, and oral arguments are heard this week. I had to spend the day reviewing court documents, and my wife and I decided that required a change of scene. So we drove to CityGuide's Best Coffee in New York...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/03/brooklyns_best.html If at first you don't succeed...- March 22, 2006 THE STRANGEST DEVELOPMENT YET from Metropolis, via The Gutter Black Like Me Living in New Orleans--post-Katrina--gives the author a new appreciation for exile and neglect. By Reed Kroloff I've been black for four months, one week, and five days. I'm still not used to it, and that's kind of a...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/03/if_at_first_you.html Una Notte alle Opere- March 18, 2006 I VISIT a lot of buildings and houses. Sometimes I visit a house that feels like a good place to live: give me the house, a mattress, a reading light and some books and Ill be happy. Chiswick House was one of those. Fallingwater was another, although I would have...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/03/una_notte_alle_.html “Modernwasm”- March 18, 2006 The architecture critic of the London Times, Hugh Pearman, has written an interesting commentary on Modernism in a review of an upcoming exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum called Modernism, Designing A New World 1914-1939. His British perspective is slightly different than ours in America: Modernism, as anyone who...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/03/modernwasm.html Last Call - Elements of Urbanism Course- March 18, 2006 A Continuing Education Course from the Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America: Elements of Traditional Urbanism in New York: A Walking Seminar Four walking tours on Saturdays, March 25, April 1, April 8, April 22; 1-4 pm $300 ($270 members); 12 HSW AIACES LUs PRACTICE Instructor: John Massengale, Architect...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/03/elements_of_urb.html Apocalypse Now- March 17, 2006 From Curbed: 10 signs of real estate apocalypse not good for anybody Forbeshttp://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/03/apocalypse_now.html Arabi III- March 17, 2006 I'LL POST plans, images and links as they become available, but I haven't seen a good news story on the charrette yet. Here's a quote from the Times-Picayune story, with the rest of the story below: No matter what the ultimate required elevation is, Duany encouraged residents to improve their...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/03/arabi_iii.html Arabi II- March 17, 2006 ONE OF THE MEMBERS of the DPZ charrette team for Arabi made this short report: DPZ's charrette for St. Bernard, held between the 6th and 15th of March, concluded to enthusiastic applause last night, even though the audience had been, to say the least, skeptical a week before. The people...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/03/arabi_ii.html |