Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismCNU XIV: MetaPhysical Planning & The Long Emergency- May 31, 2006 I'VE led a few MetaPhysical Planning sessions at the CNU's annual congresses. They've been popular, getting around 150 people each time, with good comments afterwards. Here's a description from this year's program: Material crises start in the realm of the spirit. And that is where they can be transformed into...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/cnu_xiv_metaphy.html On the radio- May 31, 2006 ON STUDIO 360, Kurt Andersen had a nice report on what's going on with urban planning in New Orleans. You can listen to it here, or listen to a Podcast, here.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/on_the_radio.html In the paper- May 31, 2006 MOST people who read the the New York Times online missed the article Sunday about designing choreographing public spaces, because it was put in the dance section rather than the design section. But it's an interesting article for designers, or anyone who uses public space (hopefully, all of us):...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/in_the_paper.html For those who think New Urbanism is a Conservative movement...- May 25, 2006 New Orleans architects call New Urbanism "the Halliburton of architecture," because we're supposed to be tied in to all the Republican politicians. The American Enterprise editors disagree: (One might naturally think Snob = Conservatives, but the magazine is is making the Conservative Republican "liberal elites" argument. Those are wild-eyed, tree-hugger...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/for_those_who_t.html The New York Times on Duany- May 24, 2006 A FEW DAYS AGO, the New York Times Sunday Magazine ran a long story about Biloxi, Mississippi, where 200 New Urbanists charretted in October, after Hurricane Katrina. The magazine was a special issue on architecture, mainly written by journalists. As journalists like, there were lots of opposing opinions from different...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/new_york_times_.html Celebrity Payola & One Degree of Kevin Bacon- May 24, 2006 Really, I just wanted to put YouTubeTM video on my blog, to see how to do it. But then I found this Celebrity Payola video from the opening of the Apple Store: note that the Saturday Night Live crew all left with computers and were asked on their way...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/one_degree_of_k.html The Taking of Manhattan WTC- May 23, 2006 Quoting myself: Exactly one century ago, technology was threatening Paris with changes that already had them talking about the "Manhattanization" of Paris. Elevators and steel frames made it possible to build higher than before, railroads, subways and buses changed the concept of the neighborhood, the electric light alleviated the need...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/the_taking_of_m.html Newsweek: Meier Museum In Rome A Lightning Rod For Protesters Against War And America- May 23, 2006 The building has become a flash point for anti-American sentiment and public disaffection for efforts to modernize the ancient city, which residents, historians and many visitors prefer were left untouched. Visitors have taken to expressing their dissatisfaction in graffiti. MEIER IS A CRIMINAL wrote one visitor in English on a...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/post.html Lord Voldemort & His Dark Prince- May 23, 2006 T h e D e v i l W e a r s P r a d a via The Gutterhttp://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/lord_voldemort_.html Mississippi Charrette- May 22, 2006 THIS STORY is from the same magazine that gave me the Southern music cd's.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/mississippi_cha.html |