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Tag Archives: Beauty
Imagine all the buildings …
The other day, flipping through stacks of my old Providence Journal columns seeking a shot of a c. 1750 house in Providence’s old village of Hardscrabble (which I found), I came across a column inspired by a website’s image of … Continue reading
Two fumbles in Providence
Among the eight or so new buildings erected in Providence with virtually zero opposition in the past two years are a pair that ought, by now, to have been reviewed here. And I will get to that. But first: The … Continue reading
A mere moment of beauty
These two shots of the John Carter Brown Library on the College Green of Brown University were taken as my son Billy and I paused on College Hill, waiting for Victoria, his mother and my wife (whose birthday is today), … Continue reading
The streets of New York
I was in New York on Monday to celebrate James Stevens Curl’s laureateship, bestowed by the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art’s 2019 Arthur Ross Awards, at the University Club of New York, for his book Making Dystopia, now high … Continue reading
Lovely Venice in 9 minutes
This beautiful travel video of Venice from Expedia lives up to the high standards of its tribe. The online travel booking service has dozens of fine videos of cities around the world that are so nice that they might make … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Video
Tagged Assassin's Creed, Beauty, Expedia, Fortnite, traditional architecture, Venice, Video Games, WordPress
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Seek the bottom of beauty
The headline of Joanne Ostrow’s article in the Denver Sun got my attention: “Is Denver’s contemporary architecture killing us?” Leaving aside that Denverites are not the only victims of modern architecture, the answer offered to Ostrow by the subject of … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
Tagged Ann Sussman, Beauty, Denver CO, Denver Sun, Don Ruggles, Joanne Ostrow, Nikos Salingaros, Ruggles Mabe Studios
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Review: ‘Making Dystopia’
[Review by David Brussat of Making Dystopia, by James Stevens Curl. Oxford University Press. 592 pages. U.S. publication date Oct. 23, 2018.] *** Modern architecture has hoaxed the world for well over half a century. Charlatans bred the founding modernist … Continue reading
Buildings that go extinct
Here is an interesting article in The Baffler, “The Archivists of Extinction,” by McMansion Hell blogger Kate Wagner. She focuses her microscope on folks who collect and post photos of old Kmarts, Toys ‘R’ Us’s, and the like, which are … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Preservation
Tagged Beauty, Fane Tower, Kate Wagner, Kmart, McMansion Hell, Providence, The Baffler, Toys R Us, TradArch
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Rome: Who are those guys?
Who are those guys? Good question. But first, I must point out that indecipherable notes on a recent lecture force me to leapfrog a topic I’d intended to address today and grab a quicky topic instead. I’ve chosen to simply … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Photography, Uncategorized
Tagged Beauty, Cities, classical architecture, Europe, Modern Architecture, Preservation, RIBA, Rome
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Sir Roger Scruton on beauty
Here is a lovely video of the British philosopher and architectural theorist Roger Scruton called “Why Beauty Matters.” The usefulness of beauty in uplifting human lives serves as the bottom-line rationale for my book Lost Providence. But if you have … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Video
Tagged architecture, art, BBC, Beauty, Lost Providence, On Beauty, Roger Scruton, Why Beauty Matterts
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