Monthly Archives: July 2014

Column: Providence’s long romance with brick

Posted on July 10, 2014 by David Brussat

Brick often finds itself in the dog house. Long ago in Providence, architectural historian and local preservation heroine Antoinette Downing, sitting on the design review panel of the Capital Center Commission, is said to have sniggered at one of the … Continue reading →

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Dish Dallas kitsch

Posted on July 9, 2014 by David Brussat

Mark Lamster writes about architecture for the Dallas Morning News, which owns, at least for now, my employer, the Providence Journal (for sale by A.H. Belo, which also owns the Morning News).* So I was predisposed to be generous in … Continue reading →

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Traditional Building confab

Posted on July 7, 2014 by David Brussat

Boston hosts the latest Traditional Building Conference next week. The event, on Wednesday and Thursday, July 16-17, will feature a range of panels, and some are sure to tickle the fancy of fanciers of traditional architecture. Several of these traditionalist … Continue reading →

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Washington perceived

Posted on July 4, 2014 by David Brussat

A few random shots of our nation’s capital on its birthday (in 2011, actually):  

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Architecture’s slap in Charleston’s face

Posted on July 3, 2014 by David Brussat

Last week, Charleston, S.C., gave Clemson University the city’s official blessing to poke a stick in its own eye. Unless blocked in court, a school of architecture, modernist in design, will be built amidst the city’s historic district. In the … Continue reading →

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What are you trying to hide?

Posted on July 2, 2014 by David Brussat

I spent much of yesterday and today trying to get permission from an architect to run an image of his work. Easy-peasy, right? Well, today, having stretched my deadline, I got a “no” from Allied Works Architecture, of Portland, Ore., … Continue reading →

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