Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, Progressivism“They listened to what the people had to say.”- March 6, 2006 From the New Orleans Times-Picayune, "Envisioning a new future for Arabi": "There was so much information," Rebecca Young said. "They spent a lot of time with local people. They ate the local gumbos. They went to church with us. They listened to what the people had to say." These charrettes...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/03/they_listenened.html SF Chronicle: “The little house that roared”- March 4, 2006 From the San Francisco Chronicle: The Gulf Coast's unique housing crisis has given birth to a cute, yellow, 308-square-foot house known as the Katrina Cottage, which has put a smile on the face of just about everyone who traipsed across the white-trimmed threshold to see how the concise layout could...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/03/sf_chronicle_th.html UPDATED: The Avant Garde New Orleans Krewe- March 3, 2006 THE AVANT GARDE KREWE of architects led by Reed Kroloff continues in its cluelessness. In the new ArtForum, Prof. Kroloff has published an article called Newer Orleans Six Proposals. In it, Kroloff calls the Governor of Louisiana "hapless" good luck enlisting her support, Reed. For that matter, if your...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/03/the_avant_garde.html Me and Andy Duany- March 2, 2006 Sung to the tune of Me and Bobby McGee Rested up in Baton Rouge, and chillin' by the Lake, We was feelin' good and lovin' the cuisine. Kroloff thumbed his nose at us, and gave us our big break That drove us all the way to New Orleans. We set...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/03/me_and_andy_dua.html © copyright 1997 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.- March 2, 2006 copyright 1997 United Feature Syndicate, Inc. Click here for larger image.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/03/_copyright_1997.html Graphic Designers have the same problems as Architects- March 2, 2006 MODERNISM is supposedly about functionalism. But there have always been ways in which modernist architects chose style and symbolism over function (for example, read about the design of modern chairs here). Similarly, graphic designers who favor modernism will do things like choose non-serif fonts and then put them on dark...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/03/graphic_designe.html From the Gutter- March 1, 2006 The Gutter presents a casting call for an architect from ABC's program The Bachelor: My name is Danielle Barba. I am a Casting Producer for ABC's "The Bachelor". We are starting our search for the Prime time shows next "Bachelor". In the past we have gone down the doctor, heir,...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/03/from_the_gutter.html du caf de tlgraphe- March 1, 2006 I'M WRITING THIS from the telegraphe cafe in New York, a Frenchish coffee place on 72nd Street at Second Avenue. New York has a shortage of good cafes, but this is a pretty good one, with good coffee, pastries from Balthazar, soups from Hale & Hearty and free internet. I've...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/03/another_third_g.html |