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Tag Archives: Justin Shubow
Shubow to U.S. arts board
In a truly exciting appointment, President Trump has placed one of the nation’s most talented advocates for beauty on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. Justin Shubow, who heads and will continue at the National Civic Art Society during his … Continue reading
More on Penn Sta. rebuild
The Gothamist yesterday ran a long article by Jake Offenhartz, “A Dramatic Plan to Rebuild Penn Station & Restore its Lost Grandeur,” that explains the several initiatives involved in the proposal to rebuild Penn Station in its original Beaux Arts … Continue reading
No surrender to Gehry Ike
News that the Eisenhower family has been flipped and now supports the design of a proposed memorial to their patriarch by celebrity architect Frank Gehry is depressing, and maybe even predictable, but it’s too early for opponents of the monstrosity … Continue reading
Shubow’s fine Bulfinch talk
Justin Shubow’s recent talk in Boston, the first annual Bulfinch Awards Lecture, was delivered in the afternoon before that evening’s gala, thrown by the New England chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art to celebrate the eight Bulfinch … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Architecture Education, Architecture History, Art and design, Books and Culture, Preservation, Video
Tagged Boston MA, Bulfinch Awards, Dwight Eisenhower, First Bulfinch Lecture, Frank Gehry, George Washington, ICAA New England Chapter, Justin Shubow, Mies van der Rohe, National Civic Art Society, Thomas Jefferson
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Tour the national classical
I grew up in Washington, D.C., and credit its robust and abundant classical and traditional architecture – the buildings themselves, not my upbringing among them – for my own taste in the architecture of civic beauty. I have no idea … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Architecture Education, Architecture History, Art and design, Preservation, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Cleveland Park, Federal Triangle, I.M. Pei, Justin Shubow, National Civic Art Society, National Mall, Washington DC, Wheaton MD, William K. Brussat, William Slayton
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Shubow speaks this Saturday
Reminder: Still possible to hear Justin Shubow’s lecture in Boston this Saturday. Justin Shubow, president of the National Civic Art Society and a leading proponent of classical architecture, is also a leading opponent of modern architecture. He and his organization, … Continue reading
Shubow to speak in Boston
Justin Shubow, president of the National Civic Art Society and a leading proponent of classical architecture, is also a leading opponent of modern architecture. He and his organization, along with the Eisenhower family, have led the fight against Frank Gehry’s … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Architecture Education, Architecture History, Art and design, Preservation, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Bulfinch Awards, Bulfinch Awards Gala, Bulfinch Memorial Lecture, classical architecture, Eisenhower memorial, Frank Gehry, Justin Shubow, Modern Architecture, National Civic Art Society, Thomas Jefferson
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More on the WWI winner
Yesterday’s announcement of a winner in the open international competition for a national World War I memorial sent me rushing to find out how it had changed since its selection as one of five finalists. And the winner is Joseph … Continue reading
Posted in Architects, Architecture, Architecture Education, Architecture History, Art and design, Development, Landscape Architecture, Urbanism and planning
Tagged Devin Kimmel, Franck Lohsen McCrery, Gen. John Pershing, Joseph Weishaar, Justin Shubow, Manhattan Institute, Paul Friedberg, Penn Station, Pershing Park, Philip Kennicott, Sabin Howard, Sculpture, War Memorials, Washington DC, Washington Post, World Trade Center, World War I, World War One Centennial Commission
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Misconstruing “starchitect”
Kriston Capps’s piece for CityLab, “Leave Starchitects Alone,” is filled with so much hooey that I am embarrassed to be inflicting it on my readers. It is part of the continuing effort to tar opposition to modern architecture as partisan … Continue reading
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Tagged CityLab, Dwight Eisenhower Memorial, Frank Gehry, Justin Shubow, kriston capps, Leave Starchitects Alone, National Civic Art Society, National Review, Starchitecture
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Shubow tilts BIG WTC tower
Justin Shubow, president of the National Civic Art Society and a monthly contributor of architecture criticism to Forbes.com, has hit his stride. His latest essay, Towering Infernal, written for the Weekly Standard, is about the last building planned at Ground … Continue reading
