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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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‘Five hundred or more workers’

Posted on March 1, 2014 by David Brussat

That’s more lives than have been lost in some wars! How can “500 or more” migrant workers, mostly Indians, perish in the construction of a stadium? That is the cost, according to news reports, of work on Zaha Hadid’s soccer … Continue reading →

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Shocking! Le Corbusier nude!

Posted on March 1, 2014 by David Brussat

Pictured at left is founding modernist Le Corbusier in the nude, painting at the home of fellow modern architect Eileen Gray, in the south of France, a house she is said to have designed. (Though some say Corbusier actually designed … 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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Column: Modern architecture’s coup d’etat

Posted on February 27, 2014 by David Brussat

How did modern architecture suddenly replace the traditional architecture that, by the 20th century, offered a wide variety of joyful styles to house human activity? Why, in just three decades, were three millennia of beauty replaced so entirely by ugliness … Continue reading →

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David Andreozzi lecture in Barrington Wednesday

Posted on February 25, 2014 by David Brussat

Bristol’s excellent residential architect David Andreozzi, whose practice is headquartered in Barrington, will give a lecture tomorrow – Wednesday – at 7 p.m. in the auditorium at Peck Library, next to Barrington City Hall. Dave, who is my fellow board … Continue reading →

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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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Ignore Rem Kookhouse

Posted on February 22, 2014 by David Brussat

Rem Kookhouse. That is his Dutch name translated into English. In my last post I took a leap of faith and landed, well, awkwardly to say the least. I urged readers to consume an interview of Rem by Andrew Mackenzie … Continue reading →

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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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