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“Within Walking Distance”
Philip Langdon’s new book Within Walking Distance, published by Island Press, uses six examples of walkable communities to show how they are made. No, unfortunately they do not arise spontaneously, at least not anymore, not since the postwar era, in … Continue reading
C. of C.’s new trad degree
The College of Charleston is to be congratulated for instituting the first classical program of architectural education in the South. Starting this fall, its new master of arts program in Community Planning, Policy and Design will instruct students in progressive … Continue reading
And the race is on!
Providence. Friday, February 10. 7:45 a.m. This is a completely absurdist concept for a blog post, but my cab to Green Airport, outside of Providence, will (I hope) pick me up in 45 minutes. So here, to be brief, are … Continue reading
Chace plans downtown digs
When it was announced several years ago that Providence developer Buff Chace would purchase the Journal Building and the parking lot across from it on Fountain Street, he expressed the hope of erecting a new building on the latter site. … Continue reading
Review: “If Venice Dies”
By the time I was half finished reading If Venice Dies, I was proclaiming its virtues to anyone who would listen. It was to be another of my bibles. But, although the book, by Italian art historian Salvatore Settis, starts … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Andres Duany, If Venice Dies, New Vessel Press, Poundbury, Rem Koolhaas, Salvatore Settis, Venice
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Alexander’s classical tent
Christopher Alexander – well known for his Pattern Language, his four-volume The Nature of Order, and for his research on the natural creation of form in architecture and digital technology – wrote an excellent open letter to members of the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
Tagged Andres Duany, Bin Jiang, Christopher Alexander, Michael Mehaffy, Nathaniel Walker, Nikos Salingaros, TradArch
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Hellblog: To quoin a frieze
I am about to place a new blog on my “Blogs I Follow” list. It is the blog of the British architectural cartoonist Louis Hellman, called “Hellblog,” and comes to me from Malcolm Millais, the irrepressible author of Exploding the … Continue reading
The “Brutalist” website fad
The Washington Post reports that “The hottest trend in Web design is making intentionally ugly, difficult websites.” The article by Katherine Acrement states: Look at Hacker News. Pinboard. The Drudge Report. Adult Swim. Bloomberg Businessweek features. All of these sites … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Architecture Education, Architecture History, Art and design, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Andres Duany, Brutalism, Computers, Congress of the New Urbanism, Graduate School of Design, Harvard, Jim Colleran, Katherine Acrement, Modern Architecture, Washington Post, Web Brutalism, Web Design
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Krier: Politicians, take note
Léon Krier, the architect, planner, theorist and master cartoonist who hails from Luxembourg, has called upon the European Union to build itself a new capital so that a way out of the world’s gathering problems might be forged. He says … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Architecture Education, Architecture History, Art and design, Development, Landscape Architecture, Preservation, Providence, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Andres Duany, Building & Design, Eupolis, Jane Jacobs, Jane's Walk, Leon Krier, Prince Charles, Providence RI, Roger Scruton, Tony Brussat, Traditional Building
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Preserve Mineral Spring Ave.
Here is a column I wrote precisely 17 years ago. At the end is a mini-column relating to an early version of what turned out to be the GTECH building. *** Preserve Mineral Spring Avenue April 1, 1999 TWO YEARS … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Architecture Education, Architecture History, Art and design, Development, Landscape Architecture, Preservation, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Andres Duany, April Fool's Day, Bill Warner, Crudscape, Dr. Downtown, Highways, James Howard Kunstler, North Providence RI, Sprawl, Traffic
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