Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismWe hold these truths to be self-evident- May 22, 2006 Gehry's Atlantic Yards project is discussed at the end of the post. FRANK GEHRY''s work is best when it is a single object that sits in contrast with its surroundings. To wit: his Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain is a metal building on a prominent site in a traditional masonry...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/we_hold_this_tr.html Chomsky Crits Gehry- May 22, 2006 The $300m fixer-upper The Boston Globe, October 29, 2004 By Steve Bailey, Globe Columnist Chomsky, on the other hand, spent decades in the beloved Building 20, MIT's ''Magical Incubator." He would go back in a minute. In Chomsky's eighth-floor office, the walls slant in. ''If you look in the corner,...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/the_300m_fixeru.html Students Crit Holl- May 22, 2006 A Modern More or Less Humane Architecture Week February 1, 2006 by Joseph E. Pollack To seek out lay opinions of the building, I talked to prospective students and their parents. They didn't discuss surface porosity or color composition of the polychromatic windows, but focused instead on the overall "feeling"...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/students_crit_h.html An Apple Da Vinci Code Connection <br >The Truth Is Out There- May 20, 2006 You used to know the beast by its Mark: "Intel Inside." DOS was grossly inferior to Apple's graphic OS, but loyal legions of geeks made sure corporate America backed Microsoft. Then Microsoft simply copied the Mac OS. And now, Apple computers have Intel Inside. Last night, the Da Vinci Code...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/steve_jobs_a_se.html KAT House- May 19, 2006 NEW URBANISTS HATE MODERNISM, is one of today's architectural cliches and New Urban Myths. Because architecture today follows a Randian Cult of Personality, that's usually expressed as Andres Duany hates Modernism a dumb thing to say about one of the founders of Arquitectonica. Well, here's the Katrina Alternative Technology...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/kat_house.html A Solution- May 19, 2006 Federal bill strips FEMA of housing duties 'Trailer cities' also would be avoided Times-Picayune, Thursday, May 18, 2006 By Bruce Alpert Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency's role in providing emergency housing after a disaster would be supplanted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development under...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/a_solution.html A Problem- May 19, 2006 Health issue raised on FEMA trailers Palm Beach Post, May 18, 2006 By Stacey Singer, John Lantigua Hurricane victims who were forced to move into FEMA trailers last year may have moved from one hazardous situation into another, the Sierra Club warned Wednesday, saying it found excessive formaldehyde levels in...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/a_problem.html Wal-Mart: Always Less Money, All the Time- May 18, 2006 This came to me through e-mail, so I don't know who wrote the following text: A new study finds that Wal-Mart raises poverty rates in the counties where its stores are located. A study published in the latest issue of Social Science Quarterly is the first to examine the effect...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/walmart_always_.html Gehry in Brooklynighton- May 18, 2006 Frank Gehry's Proposed Design for Brighton, England Gehry on Brooklyn (USA): "We're trying to understand what is Brooklyn, what is the body language of Brooklyn, and trying to emulate it without copying it. Copying it would trivialize it." Gehry on Brighton (UK): Gentility gets a look-in, though: he has remained...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/gehry_in_brookl.html Masters of the Universe- May 16, 2006 THE THING IS, making billions of dollars trading derivatives doesn't actually teach you anything about making a city. Or guarantee in any way that you have taste. But it can give you a big, swollen head, along with a belief that you should tell people what to do. So the...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/master_of_the_u.html |