Tag Archives: ICAA

“Vessel” and Gaillard Center

Posted on October 11, 2016 by David Brussat

Far distant on the spectrum of the architectural firmament from “The Vessel,” whose status as Jim Kunstler’s Eyesore of the Month I touted in a post, “Stairway to nowhere in N.Y.,” earlier today, is the new Gaillard Center, a concert … Continue reading →

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Tom Wolfe and Henry Reed

Posted on September 25, 2016 by David Brussat

I have been finishing up my book Lost Providence, girding my loins on the adrenaline rush of Tom Wolfe’s 1981 bestseller From Bauhaus to Our House. How to select a great passage to quote? Well, one way is to quote … Continue reading →

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The saga of plaster casts

Posted on September 4, 2016 by David Brussat

Andrew Reed, nephew of the late, esteemed Henry Hope Reed, the nation’s first bare-knuckled (yet elegant and erudite) opponent of “the Modern,” has sent in some remarks regarding a story in the New York Times, “Move Over Marble: Plaster Gets … Continue reading →

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ICAA New England’s gala

Posted on April 24, 2016 by David Brussat

This weekend, the New England chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art celebrated its ambitious new Bulfinch Awards program. For the first time we invited competition entries from across the nation for work performed in New England. This, … Continue reading →

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Happy 14th birthday, ANN!

Posted on February 18, 2016 by David Brussat

Today is ANN’s 14th birthday, the duoseptennial (neologism alert) anniversary of ArchitectureNewsNow.com – Kristen Richards’s glorious compendium of architectural news and opinion from around the world (at least the Anglosphere). I can think of no better way to commemorate this … Continue reading →

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6th annual Bulfinch winners

Posted on February 10, 2016 by David Brussat

The New England chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art has announced this year’s winners of its Bulfinch Awards, which honor work in classical architecture, urbanism and allied arts. This year for the first time the chapter invited … Continue reading →

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Garages can be beautiful

Posted on January 6, 2016 by David Brussat

Here is the column I wrote for the Providence Journal about the design of parking garages, as promised in “Garage design in Providence.” Seeing the latest proposed garage design, a friend thought at first that the headline was “Garbage design … Continue reading →

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Bulfinch entries due Dec. 15

Posted on December 7, 2015 by David Brussat

Entries for the sixth annual Bulfinch Awards, sponsored by the New England chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, are due on December 15. This year’s Bulfinch program expands its ambitions, inviting participants from around the nation who … Continue reading →

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St. Florian’s WWII memorial

Posted on May 23, 2015 by David Brussat

It did not take long for the national World War II Memorial in Washington, designed by Rhode Island architect Friedrich St. Florian, to embed itself as a sacred place in America’s consciousness. Last year marked its first decade on the … Continue reading →

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ICAA’s Arthur Ross Awards

Posted on March 21, 2015 by David Brussat

The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art has announced its Arthur Ross awards for 2015. The top award, for architecture, goes to Adam Architecture, the London firm founded by Robert Adam. His inventive classicism joins his peerless erudition in the … Continue reading →

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