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Monthly Archives: February 2016
Poland’s “Crooked Forest”
The curved trunks of this grove of trees known as the Crooked Forest, in Poland, planted in 1930 when the land was in Pomerania, then part of Germany, raises interesting challenges for landscape architects. On the website iflscience.com, Justine Alford … Continue reading
Evolution of casino design
Evolution of Casino Design by Adam Samson It’s no secret that casino operators employ certain strategies and techniques to keep their patrons spending, from the services that they offer right down to the interior design of the gaming floors. The … Continue reading
Happy 14th birthday, ANN!
Today is ANN’s 14th birthday, the duoseptennial (neologism alert) anniversary of ArchitectureNewsNow.com – Kristen Richards’s glorious compendium of architectural news and opinion from around the world (at least the Anglosphere). I can think of no better way to commemorate this … Continue reading
That Providence renaissance
Randal Edgar, deputy editor of the Providence Journal’s editorial pages, has an opinion column today in which he reveals that he is “Still waiting for that R.I. renaissance.” At first I thought he might be writing about the famous Providence … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Architecture History, Art and design, Development, I-195 Redevelopment District, Preservation, Providence Journal, Rhode Island, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Brankding, Economic Development, Gov. Gina Raimondo, Mary Ann Sorrentino, Mayor Jorge Elorza, Providence Journal, Providence RI, Randal Edgar, Samuel Zurier, Tourism
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New blog, old conversation
The following is the first post published on my new blog with Traditional Building and Period Homes magazines. These are monthly and will be posted on this blog a month following their posting at TB and PH. My second post … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Architecture Education, Architecture History, Art and design, Development, Preservation, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Active Interest Media, Andres Duany, Architectural Discourse, Architecture Old and New, Dr. Richard John, Heterodoxia Architectonia, Period Homes, Restore Media, TradArch, Traditional Building, Winston Churchill
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Heinrich Kley book trailers!
Here are two book trailers – first I’ve heard of a book trailer! – for The Lost Art of Heinrich Kley, a two-volume set devoted to the work of the German illustrator. The set, published by Lost Art Books, boasts … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art and design, Book/Film Reviews, Books and Culture, Humor, Video
Tagged Architectural Renderings, art, Heinrich Kley, Illustration, Lost Art Books, Video
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The Schwäbisch Hall cure
A German town of some 36,000 in population, Schwäbisch Hall was barely nicked by Allied bombing in World War II, and it shows. The medieval streetscapes in the photos here might well suggest the town as spa or cure for … Continue reading
6th annual Bulfinch winners
The New England chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art has announced this year’s winners of its Bulfinch Awards, which honor work in classical architecture, urbanism and allied arts. This year for the first time the chapter invited … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Architecture Education, Architecture History, Art and design, Landscape Architecture, Preservation, Uncategorized
Tagged Bulfinch Awards, Charles Bulfinch, ICAA, Instituter of Classical Architecture & Art, Jonathan Nelson, New England Chapter, RAMSA, Robert A.M. Stern
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