Category Archives: Art and design

Julius Shulman shot modernism

Posted on December 29, 2013 by David Brussat

Don’t I wish! The architectural photographer in fact probably did more to promote and then to revive modern architecture than anyone after it was briefly sidetracked by postmodernism. Above is perhaps Shulman’s most iconic photograph, of the Stahl House overlooking … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Art and design, Book/Film Reviews, Photography | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

No style war at the North Pole!

Posted on December 24, 2013 by David Brussat

A stroll, or troll, on the Internet in search of imagery depicting Santa’s workshop at the North Pole dredged up a host of theories, some of the mind, some of the commercial imagination. The commander in chief is away this … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Art and design, Photography, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Bad Mad Men

Posted on December 21, 2013 by David Brussat

See them (the bad mad men) lurking in the background? Please don’t remove the foreground (the bad mad, often angry, women)! So here’s Dan Bishop, production designer for Mad Men, describing (I think in Dwell magazine, as my source seems … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Art and design, Book/Film Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

“That was too easy” — Anonymous

Posted on December 19, 2013 by David Brussat

I posed a challenge, more or less, in my last blog, “Zaha ‘Ha Ha’ Hadid’s thing.” I wrote, “Even I don’t have the London City Halls to photomontage the People’s Daily into Qatar’s proposed World Cup Stadium, designed by Zaha … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Art and design, Photography | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Column: The rise and fall of Guastavino tile

Posted on December 14, 2013 by David Brussat

About 600 buildings in the United States, including 200 in New York, 29 in Boston, 22 in Washington and 7 in Rhode Island, feature a tile vault system perfected by a native of Valencia, Spain, brought by him to America … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Art and design, Preservation | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment