Tag Archives: Beatriz Colomina

A “cauldron of perversions”

Posted on November 1, 2019 by David Brussat

I did a double-take when I saw, in Metropolis, the article “Far From Being a Temple to Rationality, the Bauhaus Was a Cauldron of Perversions,” by Beatriz Colomina. Of course, I knew that already, having read “Making Dystopia,” James Stevens … Continue reading →

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Not the ‘male gaze,’ but …

Posted on May 15, 2016 by David Brussat

I know, this may seem to be drilling down more deeply into the sexuality of architecture than most readers of this family blog would like to drill, but I just could not resist. My last post, “Playboy and modernism,” referred … Continue reading →

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Playboy and modernism

Posted on May 14, 2016 by David Brussat

I am pleased to inform those who love Playboy magazine and revere Hugh Hefner as a paragon of modernity that Architect magazine has an interview with the curator of an exhibit based on research that blames (or maybe I should … Continue reading →

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