Tag Archives: James Crawford

While we’re still on Corbu …

Posted on April 8, 2018 by David Brussat

Came across a passage in James Crawford’s fascinating Fallen Glory, a collection of mini-histories of famous buildings, many ancient, and the societies that grew up around them and their implications for societies today. The chapter “Modernism’s Labyrinth” follows archaeological digs … Continue reading →

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Rebuild Aristotle’s Lyceum

Posted on March 20, 2018 by David Brussat

In 1996, as construction workers cleared a site in downtown Athens for the foundations of a new Museum of Modern Art, they found traces of a large structure sitting on the bedrock. A building had occupied this same spot some … Continue reading →

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Rebuild the Roman Forum

Posted on March 17, 2018 by David Brussat

Last October I described a master’s thesis on how to plan for a restoration of the Roman Forum – center of civic life in the capital of the Roman empire. The author, Eric Stalheim, was the first graduate of the … Continue reading →

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