Tag Archives: Dezeen

Britain embraces tradition

Posted on January 14, 2023 by David Brussat

Buckingham Palace, official residence of King Charles III. (Architectural Digest) Dezeen reports that, in Britain, the Tory government’s minister for housing, Michael Gove, has thrown his support behind the idea of a university-level school for classical and traditional architecture and … Continue reading →

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Tulip survives London nip

Posted on December 6, 2020 by David Brussat

Rowan Moore, architecture critic of The Guardian in the U.K., writes that the proposed 1,000-foot Tulip, designed by Sir Norman Foster as a fancy tourist observation deck, should be denied planning permission by the London authorities (“The Tulip’s towering vanity … Continue reading →

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Melania’s tennis pavilion

Posted on April 20, 2020 by David Brussat

It will be of some modest good cheer for most readers of this blog to learn that a classical tennis pavilion is under construction in the back yard of the White House. The project has been led by First Lady … Continue reading →

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Destroying history to save it

Posted on August 16, 2019 by David Brussat

Placing iconic modernist architecture into ancient historical sites can help preservationists think about how to save neglected landmarks. Allow that sentence to revolve in your mind for a minute and see what insights might be generated. … Huh? Not much … Continue reading →

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Carbuncle Cup victor of 2017

Posted on September 12, 2017 by David Brussat

This year’s Carbuncle Cup, awarded annually (three years now) to the worst new building in Britain, goes to a development called Nova Victoria, so called because it is what you see when you emerge from the Victoria Station tube stop. … Continue reading →

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Architecture into politics

Posted on April 26, 2017 by David Brussat

In his Dezeen essay “To confront populism, all architects should become classicists,” Phineas Harper suggests that the architectural profession should compromise its aesthetics and embrace classicism in order to build social housing that is often blocked by NIMBY forces when … Continue reading →

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Best skyscrapers 2016: Yawn

Posted on December 18, 2016 by David Brussat

No surprise here, but Dezeen has published a list of the ten best skyscrapers of 2016. I’ve chosen to spotlight the pyramidal monstrosity in New York City by Bjarke Ingels, the Danish architect and founder of the firm BIG. The … Continue reading →

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A more Nordic Scandinavia?

Posted on December 15, 2016 by David Brussat

The five nations of Scandinavia want to “build a new brand identity for the five countries that make up the Nordic region.” This is nuts. This is stupid. I am a quarter Norwegian so I can say this. I have … Continue reading →

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Brexit and architecture

Posted on June 24, 2016 by David Brussat

British voters’ startling decision to opt out of the European Union dismayed many British architects. Dezeen found no one to quote supporting Brexit in a story just before the vote. “We love EU, declare UK architects and designers ahead of … Continue reading →

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