Tag Archives: David Brussat

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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Eric Daum: Gloria Dei, in Providence

Posted on March 3, 2014 by David Brussat

I here reprint a lengthy and extraordinarily erudite, and elegant, essay by my friend and fellow board member of the New England chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art. It was originally published on my Journal blog and … 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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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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Klaustoon on Koolhaas and penises

Posted on February 24, 2014 by David Brussat

Here are two more cartoons, which I happened upon while researching the relationship of Walter Gropius and Joseph Hudnut at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design for Thursday’s column, which I must write tomorrow morning. More cartoons by Klaus are at … Continue reading →

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Calvin, God and Architecture

Posted on February 24, 2014 by David Brussat

Here’s a Calvin & Hobbes cartoon from 1987, by Bill Watterson, that readers of this blog will find irresistible (courtesy of Malcolm Millais):

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The Carpionato proposal for 195 land

Posted on February 23, 2014 by David Brussat

Here are some images from the Carpionato Group’s proposal to redevelop most of the vacant Route 195 land east of the Providence River, in Fox Point. The illustrations, drawn under the direction of architect Neil Middleton of TRO Jung Brannen … 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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