Category Archives: Humor

More from “Wolf Hall”

Posted on April 8, 2014 by David Brussat

  Here’s another passage from Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall, the pageant of Anne Boleyn’s investiture as Henry VIII’s queen: And looking down on them, those other Londoners, those monsters who live in the air, the city’s uncounted population of stone … Continue reading →

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Good news for Providence!

Posted on April 1, 2014 by David Brussat

Here is great news for the city from Mayor Taveras and the Jewelry District Association! Tip o’ the cap to Lewis Dana for this timely revelation!  

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Vote: “Happy” or “Stayin’ Alive”

Posted on March 22, 2014 by David Brussat

The American Institute of Architects has announced its basic lack of seriousness as an organization by announcing that the artist who recorded “Happy” will be the keynote speaker for its upcoming convention. Now, I just watched/listened to “Happy” for the … Continue reading →

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Monty Python’s skit on architects

Posted on March 22, 2014 by David Brussat

As a reward for making it through the last few posts I offer this skit, from YouTube, of Monty Python making fun of architects by speaking truth of them, perhaps – since humor does after all require at least a … Continue reading →

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Shoe slips on other foot

Posted on March 21, 2014 by David Brussat

Michael Rouchell sends to TradArch a wonderful sketch of the new addition to the Villa Savoye, Le Corbusier’s pathbreaking modernist house of 1931 in suburban Paris. As intended, the addition raises interesting questions. Modernists are wary of additions to their work in … Continue reading →

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Hyperphotography of Jean-Francois Rauzier

Posted on March 16, 2014 by David Brussat

Consider this an ad, gratefully posted, for the photographic work of Jean-Francois Rauzier, who once gave me permission to use his “Versailles” (above) with a column. Here is some of his wonderful “hyperphotography,” a sort of detailed architecture montage of … Continue reading →

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Mr. Hublot’s urban future

Posted on March 10, 2014 by David Brussat

Here is Mr. Hublot, a short animated film that charmed me no end. The animator’s idea of a sort of tinpot gizmoid future of urban life will pull at your heartstrings. As for the quality of the future envisioned, well, … Continue reading →

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David Andreozzi’s report

Posted on March 3, 2014 by David Brussat

David Andreozzi, architect, replied to queries from those who missed it how his talk went last Wednesday evening at the Barrington Preservation Society. His reply, unedited, follows: The top five things you missed last night … 5. My introduction started … Continue reading →

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Chastity in art selection

Posted on February 27, 2014 by David Brussat

As many readers of this blog are aware, it arises largely as a vehicle to reprint my column published in The Providence Journal.  Readers can read the first few paragraphs of the column and then click on a link to … Continue reading →

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Klaustoon on Koolhaas and penises

Posted on February 24, 2014 by David Brussat

Here are two more cartoons, which I happened upon while researching the relationship of Walter Gropius and Joseph Hudnut at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design for Thursday’s column, which I must write tomorrow morning. More cartoons by Klaus are at … Continue reading →

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