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A “McMansion Hell” blog
Kate Wagner, who writes a blog called McMansion Hell, hates McMansions, and so do I. But I revere Kate Wagner’s ability to tell the difference between a McMansion and a mansion. They are different. I sometimes wonder whether the word … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Humor
Tagged Hyperallergic, Kate Wagner, McMansion Hell, McMansions, Sarah Archer
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AD’s 24 ugliest skyscrapers
Architectural Digest has posted a list of the 24 ugliest skyscrapers in the world. Bully for AD. The building on top is in Bangkok. Is it the ugliest or the 24th ugliest? The editors do not say. I suspect that … Continue reading
Rampant peeping-Tomism
With all the glass residential towers going up with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the hotshot cities of the world, the global market for binoculars and telescopes must be going haywire. But not everyone wants to be caught in the two-ring circus … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Humor
Tagged Guardian, London, Neo-Bankside, Oliver Wainwright, Peeping Toms, Skyscrapers, Tate Modern, This East Side
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Corbusier on Courvoisier
This hilarious Barney & Clyde cartoon was sent to me by a correspondent in Washington, Arnold Berke, a contributing editor of Preservation magazine. My reaction to the cartoon? If only! If only Le Corbusier had suffered from overindulgence in the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Humor
Tagged Corbusier, GoComics, The Architect, Viola Davis
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Christo laundry, wacko RISD
The Jewelry District Association, in Providence, reports that Christo is going to cross the Providence River and line India Point Park with laundry, pegged on a giant laundry line. In my book, that crosses an important boundary, as does RISD’s … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art and design, Humor
Tagged April Fool's Day, Christo, Jewelry District, Providence RI, RISD, RISD Museum of Art, Stephen Colbert
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If dentists were modernists
Jan Michl, whose paper on architectural historicism I discussed yesterday in “Pop the ‘historicist’ bugaboo,” wrote another paper, “Form Follows What?,” which he introduced with a riff from Woody Allen. Naturally, I encourage readers to read the whole paper, but … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Humor
Tagged Dentistry, Jan Michl, Modern Architecture, Van Gogh, Woody Allen
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The design of the spectacle
When you have a pair of glasses you like, why can’t you keep them? The optical-industrial complex has a say in the matter. Frame styles change so swiftly that getting a new pair of glasses means finding a new you. … Continue reading
Posted in Art and design, Humor
Tagged design, Eyeglass Frames, Glasses, Optical Wear, Opticians, Walmart
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Whoa! Driving in N.Y., 1928
This video is a riot, even though I’m sure “Driving Around NYC – 1928” was mostly if not all staged. Still wild and crazy stuff, including Harold Lloyd taking Babe Ruth to Yankee Stadium. Anybody know who, just before that, … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Humor, Photography, Uncategorized, Video
Tagged Babe Ruth, Driving, Harold Lloyd, Historic Cityscapes, New York City, Taxis, Video
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World’s best new building!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Best new building in the world! You can tell that Theodore Dalrymple, who wrote “A modern Machu Picchu” for the Salibury Review, is not an architecture critic. There is too much common sense … Continue reading
Dull (not!) parody of Dwell
Michael Mehaffy, the urbanist creator of the Sustasis Foundation, in Portland, Ore., has sent a divine parody of a Dwell magazine cover to his friends on the TradArch list. I offer it to my own friends and readers for (fill … Continue reading
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Tagged Dwell, Dwell Magazine, Lifestyles, Michael Mehaffy, Modern Architecture, Sustasis Foundation
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