Tag Archives: ICAA

Edges, shapes and patterns!

Posted on February 25, 2015 by David Brussat

Edges, patterns and shapes affect our perception of the built environment through the millennia worth of knowledge accumulated by our brain about our world. Only 70,000 years from the savannah and, as Ann Sussman put it last night, “your subconscious … Continue reading →

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PoMo in revival mod(e)?

Posted on February 10, 2015 by David Brussat

It was sort of a meh moment for me to learn a few moments ago that the Portland Building, the postmodernist icon by postmodernist starchitect Michael Graves, will be preserved. News a year or so ago of its proposed demolition … Continue reading →

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News on teaching beauty

Posted on January 9, 2015 by David Brussat

The American College of the Building Arts, in Charleston, S.C., has announced it will be moving from an historic jail in that city to an old trolley barn. The ACBA instructs students and pros in the almost lost arts, crafts … Continue reading →

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Wisdom of the Bulfinch

Posted on November 18, 2014 by David Brussat

Last week I attended the fifth annual ceremony at Charles Bulfinch’s Massachusetts Statehouse honoring the awards named in his honor by the New England chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art. The usual crowd of people was there … Continue reading →

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Bulfinch Awards announced

Posted on August 15, 2014 by David Brussat

The 2014 Bulfinch Awards have been announced. Founded in 2009 by the New England chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, this prize is named for America’s first professional architect, Charles Bulfinch. It recognizes excellent work from the … Continue reading →

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