Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismGeez, isn't that a little barren for $2,500 a night- May 15, 2006 The Penthouse at the Bryant Park Hotel Cheap sheetrock, metal doors, bare floors and hardly any furniture put the mattress on the floor and you'd have my graduate school dorm room. The Bryant Park Penthouse has a great view, but so did my dorm room. It was in a...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/geez_isnt_that_.html You Can't Go Home Again- May 15, 2006 IS MY OLD BOSS Robert A.M. Stern going to be coding a big development in his native Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers reports that a press release from the Empire State Development Corp. says Bob will prepare design guidelines for the uplands of Pier 1, Pier 6, and the John...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/you_cant_go_hom.html The Way We Live Now — Quote of the Day- May 13, 2006 People who think rising gas prices are a minor problem that will go away or be solved by growing more corn are out of touch with the way we live now. Tens of millions low-paid Americans have used their cars and cheap gas to find inexpensive houses a long way...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/the_way_we_live.html Architects Say the Darndest Things, Updated — Academic Edition- May 12, 2006 From The HooK: Habitat told us that people dont want these contemporary designs, says Quale, but I think they do. The project in Fifeville proved that. Still, Quale thinks that architectural solutions should have their limits when its comes to the larger task of rebuilding the area. For example, he...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/architects_say_.html Geez, someone dropped the model- May 12, 2006 "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." Frank "Shecky" Gehry more herehttp://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/geez_someone_dr.html The Problems in New Orleans- May 9, 2006 THE CORRUPTION of New Orleans is infamous. Even so, the degree to which the planners and architects of New Orleans would rather fight forever than let others get planning contracts for the city is startling and ultimately disgusting. Why Because hundreds of thousands of New Orleanians are waiting to get...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/the_problems_in.html CONFERENCE: Building Better Communities & Making Smart Growth Work- May 3, 2006 A day-long conference organized by Westchester Land Trust and featuring examples of smart growth projects from around the region, discussions of how they might apply locally, and inspiring talks by national leaders in smart growth and new urbanism. I'm giving the opening talk at 9. Former Maryland Governor Parris Glendenning...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/building_better.html It's So Easy - Talking to Prof. Kroloff- May 3, 2006 Download MetHomeEasy.pdfhttp://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/its_so_easy.html Where's Danny- May 3, 2006 The New Houston on Hudson details at Curbedhttp://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/wheres_danny_an.html More on the Gentilly Charrette- May 3, 2006 From the Wall Street Journal: The plan for a new Gentilly calls for thousands of nondescript ranch-style houses and bungalows built in the 1950s and 1960s to be be "elevated" above flood level by removing their roofs and constructing new second floors with porches. It would also include redeveloping languishing...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/05/more_on_the_gen.html |