Monthly Archives: August 2014

Ben Deaver wakes up

Posted on August 15, 2014 by David Brussat

Here is a passage from the latest novel, A History of the Future, in Jim Kunstler’s World Made by Hand trilogy – he is working on making it into a quartet. The novels take place a few years after some … Continue reading →

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Bulfinch Awards announced

Posted on August 15, 2014 by David Brussat

The 2014 Bulfinch Awards have been announced. Founded in 2009 by the New England chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, this prize is named for America’s first professional architect, Charles Bulfinch. It recognizes excellent work from the … Continue reading →

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Knockdown knockabout

Posted on August 14, 2014 by David Brussat

Many years ago, no later than the mid-90s, I was invited by Providence Preservation Society director Arnold Robinson to sit in on a meeting of the facilities planning staffs of Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design. By … Continue reading →

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Column: New campus for Brown engineering?

Posted on August 14, 2014 by David Brussat

Brown University’s School of Engineering is the oldest engineering program in the Ivy League, begun in 1847, and the third oldest in the country. Brown plans to build a new main engineering building on College Hill, in Providence. The university … Continue reading →

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Engineering at Brown

Posted on August 13, 2014 by David Brussat

In the misty past I would cue readers of this blog – or was that its predecessor? – that my Thursday column was coming up. For some obscure reason I’ve decided that’s appropriate for tomorrow’s column about the School of … Continue reading →

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Sin-thetic ornament?

Posted on August 9, 2014 by David Brussat

  Here’s a column from the wayback machine in which I debunk the modernist claim – dishonest, as usual – that building traditionally with classical ornament is too expensive. If true, it’s only because the modernists themselves snuffed out the … Continue reading →

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Shooting WaterFire!

Posted on August 8, 2014 by David Brussat

Here are some shots of WaterFire, created and operated by artist Barnaby Evans of Providence. For readers unfamiliar with the phenomenon, the installation has played out on the city’s three intimate downtown rivers for, I think, 15 years now, every … Continue reading →

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Column’s gone fishin’?

Posted on August 7, 2014 by David Brussat

Gone fishin’. Well, not really. Seems my blogaholism has taken a vacation. Plus my sources at Brown University went AWOL, leaving me with enough information to write a damning column about Brown’s proposed new engineering campus, as I’d intended, but … Continue reading →

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Eyesore of the month?

Posted on August 3, 2014 by David Brussat

The New York State Capitol is not Eyesore of the Month, but an illustration filling in for an eyesore in Jim Kunstler’s World Made By Hand, which I finished rereading last night. Here is a passage from that book. The … Continue reading →

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