Category Archives: Humor

Calvin, God and Architecture

Posted on February 24, 2014 by David Brussat

Here’s a Calvin & Hobbes cartoon from 1987, by Bill Watterson, that readers of this blog will find irresistible (courtesy of Malcolm Millais):

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Architecture cartoon for a Sunday morning

Posted on February 23, 2014 by David Brussat

Here’s an architecture cartoon about cartoon architecture:

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And I thought I was tough on Gehry!

Posted on February 16, 2014 by David Brussat

Kristen Richards, who applies exquisite snark in describing some of the columns of mine that she posts on her stellar website ArchNewsNow.com, has sent me this amazing diatribe against Frank Gehry, by Geoff Manaugh, posted on Gizmodo.com, called “Frank Gehry … Continue reading →

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Why Britannica missed the “storm clouds”

Posted on February 15, 2014 by David Brussat

Following my recent post of the concluding paragraphs of the Encyclopedia Britannica’s articles on architecture in its 11th (1910-11) and 12th (1922) editions, architectural historian Steven Semes, who teaches at Notre Dame’s architecture program in Rome, sent along some detailed … Continue reading →

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No lampooning Lampoon Castle

Posted on February 8, 2014 by David Brussat

Among the most charming and beloved buildings in Cambridge is the old Lampoon Building (Lampoon Castle), where Harvard’s famous yuk-yuk club, the Harvard Lampoon, graduated, years ago, the founders of National Lampoon magazine. The building, designed by Edmund Wheelwright, a … Continue reading →

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Old video: Wild NYC driving, 1928

Posted on February 2, 2014 by David Brussat

Here’s an old video from YouTube of several skits depicting crazy drivers of trolleys, horse trolleys and automobiles plowing helter-skelter through New York, circa 1928. And by the way, was the car guy’s second fare Babe Ruth? My brother informs … Continue reading →

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Priceless. Absolutely hilarious. Nails Gehrymania

Posted on February 1, 2014 by David Brussat

Here is a piece by Joe Queenan in the Wall Street Journal a couple of years ago. I am reposting it from my earlier Journal blog, in which I said I’d pay $300,000,000.01 to have written this essay, which seemed … Continue reading →

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