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Tag Archives: Architect
Betsky on classical popularity
Before I applaud modernist critic Aaron Betsky’s kind words for classical architecture in the wake of the Harris Poll confirming its popularity, let me note, also with approval, the even more recent article by critic Kriston Capps, entitled “Why Trump’s … Continue reading
Disrupt architecture now!
So proclaims Pittsburgh architect Anne Chen in “Let’s Change the Language of Buildings for the Future,” in Architect magazine. Huh? I thought that’s what architects have been doing for the last century. Here is her thesis: As a nation, we … Continue reading
Olympic venues, 2018: wow
To judge by my online Google search under “2018 olympic architecture,” the athletic venues and other structures built for this year’s Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, failed to capture the interest of the major architectural media. Maybe this professional … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
Tagged Architect, Business Insider, Hyundai, Korea, Modern Architecture, Pyeonchang, South Korea, Tokyo Olympics 2020, Vantablack, Winter Games
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Diss the Chicago Biennial!
Architectural personages have been mulling the Chicago Architectural Biennial. It is the first such extravaganza to be held in the World Capital of Architecture. Chicago is also the Windy City. That comment is an example of “deep structure,” or meta … Continue reading
Column: Architecture critic, heal thyself!
Witold Rybczynski’s 18th book, “How Architecture Works: A Humanist’s Toolkit,” opens with a quarrel in its title. By any definition of humanism, architecture has been broken for at least seven decades. The book, published in October by Farrar, Straus and … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Architecture Education, Book/Film Reviews
Tagged American Institute of Architects, Architect, architecture, Architecture Critic, Architecture Here and There, Architecture School, classical architecture, Criticism, David Brussat, Frank Gehry, Geoffrey Scott, How Architecture Works, McGill University, Modern Architecture, Paul Philippe Cret, Roger Scruton, Steen Eiler Rasmussen, U.S. Commission on Fine Arts, Witold Rybczynski
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