Monthly Archives: July 2017

Brutalists are people, too

Posted on July 31, 2017 by David Brussat

Just very bad people. How bad is detailed in an entertaining, if depressing, article on the Londonist website entitled “How Brutalism Scarred London.” The closest I can come to ripping off the veil of anonymity donned by the article’s author, … Continue reading →

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Hooked on bridges, are ya?

Posted on July 30, 2017 by David Brussat

Well, here’s a treat for you. This collection of 29 “Stunning Bridges From Around the World” has some real beauts, plus a few bummers thrown in to help you appreciate the beauts a little more. The group, from the website … Continue reading →

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Crystal Palace of the mods

Posted on July 29, 2017 by David Brussat

[In seeking to confirm that former RISD Prof. Derek Bradford was, in fact, born in London I learned to my great dismay that he had passed away in January. Derek and I maintained a most friendly badinage for years from … Continue reading →

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“Lost Providence” update

Posted on July 28, 2017 by David Brussat

A month from today Lost Providence goes on sale. That’s Monday, August 28. In fact, it already can be pre-ordered. And, to revise and extend my book’s remarks (as they say in Congress), my publisher, History Press, and I are … Continue reading →

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More Hayes on beauty

Posted on July 27, 2017 by David Brussat

British Transport Minister John Hayes’s remarks about beauty and transit infrastructure were quoted on Tuesday in “Sic transit beautiful? Not!” It is brilliant, but I had intended to post instead the full text of “Hayes’s speech on beauty,” a different … Continue reading →

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Victorian hotel evolution

Posted on July 26, 2017 by David Brussat

With the grand history of train station hotel design no doubt cavorting in the back of his mind, British Transport Minister John Hayes argues in yesterday’s post “Sic beautiful transit? Not!” that Britons do not need to put up with … Continue reading →

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Sic transit beautiful? Not!

Posted on July 25, 2017 by David Brussat

The race is on to see whether British Prime Minister Theresa May or American President Donald Trump will win the bilateral infrastructure beauty sweepstakes. At least we know Britain has entered. May’s Transport Minister John Hayes recently gave a speech, … Continue reading →

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Many more shots of Yale

Posted on July 24, 2017 by David Brussat

My desire to post more photos of Yale’s expansion – two residential quads, Benjamin Franklin College and Pauli Murray College, designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects – was answered yesterday by Phil Handler. He owns Fly on the Wall Productions, … Continue reading →

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Unwelcome Arnold House?

Posted on July 23, 2017 by David Brussat

Originally posted on Architecture Here and There:
Welcome Arnold House at 21 Planet St., Providence (Catherine Zipf) Is the Welcome Arnold House (circa 1785), on Planet Street in Fox Point, doomed to demolition by neglect? That’s the question posed by…

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New Yale campus progress

Posted on July 22, 2017 by David Brussat

Gary Brewer has sent two photographs of the work to date on the two new residential colleges at Yale, Benjamin Franklin and Pauli Murray. They are exquisite, to quote Elizabeth Moule’s assessment in an email to the TradArch listserv. Also … Continue reading →

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