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Carpionato bids on 195

Posted on May 20, 2014 by David Brussat

Through WordPress’s blogger data tool I noticed that interest in a post from months ago had spiked, and then I saw that its subject, the proposal made by Carpionato Group last year to build on much of the vacant Route 195 land … Continue reading →

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Life on Thayer Street

Posted on May 18, 2014 by David Brussat

My family dined al fresco on Thayer Street this evening. Thayer is the main street of Brown University on College Hill, in Providence. We arrived, sat down, got out our mobile media, and noticed a party under way on a … Continue reading →

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Morgan, Pevsner, Vermont

Posted on May 17, 2014 by David Brussat

I have had the pleasure, just now, of running into my old friend William Morgan in my new friend Kristen Richards’s ArchNewsNow, the daily global roundhouse for architectural news and commentary (in English). On Kristen’s list for Friday I find … Continue reading →

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Italy’s got beauty, eh?

Posted on May 16, 2014 by David Brussat

My friend Maria Ruggieri, the famous jewelry designer of Providence (her firm, Ti Adoro, at tiadorojewelry.com), recently visited the Italian family seat of her boyfriend, Gigi, of Toronto, who is from the lovely region of Lake Orta near Milan. She took … Continue reading →

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Gingerly in Brooklyn

Posted on May 14, 2014 by David Brussat

The house above, in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, is regarded, according to this piece about the gingerbread on Curbed.com, as New York City’s most charmingly adorable “fairy tale” residence. But it has been sitting on the market, watching … Continue reading →

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Beauty isn’t so difficult

Posted on May 13, 2014 by David Brussat

How do they do it? Beauty. Other things being equal, people spend much of their discretionary time in places where it is enough merely to be there to feel pleasure beyond what can normally be felt at home. Building beauty … Continue reading →

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Details, details, NYC edition

Posted on May 11, 2014 by David Brussat

Manhattan at its best may be seen at that level of scale – the very small, the small and the submedium – that modern architecture eliminates almost entirely from its works. That’s why modernism is impressive only from a distance, … Continue reading →

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Starchitorture torched

Posted on May 10, 2014 by David Brussat

Curbed.com recently published a list, compiled by Spencer Peterson, of rejected modernist projects proposed by certifiable starchitects. Of this list it may be said with confidence that it is not long enough, not by far. The seven rejects include Steven … Continue reading →

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ArchNewsNow in person

Posted on May 7, 2014 by David Brussat

My writing has appeared on the ArchNewsNow.com web site run by Kristen Richards, whom I had the pleasure of meeting in New York City last night. I invited her up to see my view. On the 41st floor of our … Continue reading →

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Down to the Big Apple

Posted on May 4, 2014 by David Brussat

We are heading by Amtrak down to New York City on a four-day vacation. If I can’t figure out how to post to this blog while I’m away, I will post when I get back. Meanwhile, here’s a view of … Continue reading →

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