Veritas et Venustas"Renewing Tradition for the 21st Century." Keywords: architecture, urbanism, classical architecture, traditional urbanism, New Urbanism, Classical Liberalism, ProgressivismI Heart Le Corbusier- July 28, 2006 IT'S TRUE. He was The Man while I was growing up. And I did go to architecture school. So I've been to quite a few buildings by Corb: I even studied in one for three years. Here are some travel tips if you're interested in seeing some of his work....http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/07/i_heart_le_corb.html Beirut Baghdad Babylon — One reason to hate us so much (with one hectare skypark)- July 27, 2006 A STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS RAMBLE: Most Americans don't understand Middle Eastern politicis and culture. Right now it's looking like you'd have to include most of the Bush administration in that group: we won the Iraq War, but we're looking like fools in the Iraq Occupation. President Bush and Secretary Rumsfeld...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/07/no_wonder_they_.html DOTs Build The Darndest Things- July 23, 2006 ARE YOU one of those people who think a lot of New Urban projects should look better than they do Join the club. If you think dealing with the way engineers, developers and contractors build most of America in 2006 is easy, look around you and think again. The good...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/07/dots_build_the_.html Sfoglia Redux II- July 21, 2006 UPDATE: Unlike me, New York Times food critic and blogger Frank Bruni found some dishes he didn't like when he visited Sfoglia. I found my pasta subtle, but it grew on me. He thought his pasta needed something more. SFO"It was the best damn thing I ever tasted"GLIA: I had...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/07/sfoglia_redux_i.html As I said, “Local is the new organic” —- July 20, 2006 From a story in New Yorkhttp://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/07/like_i_said_loc.html The Earth Moved- July 19, 2006 A New Urbanist Enlightens Citizen Gorehttp://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/07/the_earth_moved.html Good News for NOLA- July 19, 2006 I'D LIKE TO THINK that our charrette for the Gentilly Civic Improvement Association had something to do with this news. As part of the neighborhood plan, we argued that the neighborhoods should be empowered to make their own planning decisions. That was partly because some architects and planners prevented work...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/07/good_news_for_n.html Road Rage- July 18, 2006 WHAT, exactly, was going through their minds as they got themselves into this position "I'll show him" There is something about wrapping ourselves in a ton or two of steel that separates us from our fellow humans. Among the words and phrases that sprawl has given to the English language...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/07/road_rage.html Do The Right Thing- July 18, 2006 A SmartCode that came out of a public process might allow an arena and a tower or two above the mass transit at Atlantic Station, but it would never permit the superblocks and 17 massive towers of Ratner's plan that are so out of scale with the surrounding neighborhoods. A...http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/07/do_the_right_th.html Quinlan & Francis Terry Architects- July 18, 2006 LUCKILY, I saw a copy of the new monograph on the work of Quinlan and Francis Terry, British Classicists. The book presents the architects' work much more beautifully, and I think faithfully, than their website.http://massengale.typepad.com/venustas/2006/07/quinlan_francis.html |