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Tag Archives: Paris
“Building Notre Dame”
PBS has broadcast a brilliant documentary, “Building Notre-Dame,” on the construction, over some 800 years, of the cathedral in Paris. We all know that the building arose as the cutting edge of architecture in the Middle Ages, and that a … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Video
Tagged Building Notre Dame, Documentary, Notre Dame, Paris, PBS, Repair of Notre-Dame, WGBH
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Is Wuhan China’s Chicago?
Wuhan, the Chinese city where the Wuhan virus originated, is sometimes called “The Chicago of China” for its size (pop. 11.8 million), its central location, its setting on the Yangtze River and its historic buildings and its modern architecture. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
Tagged CCTV, CGTN, Chicago, China, Corbusier, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Paris, Plan Voisin, Rem Koolhaas, Wuhan
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Notre-Dame remains dicey
It was recently reported that the annual Christmas mass at Notre-Dame de Paris will not take place for the first time since the French Revolution, and, by the way, the survival of the entire cathedral, most of which was thought … Continue reading
People’s Notre-Dame contest
GoArchitect offers “The People’s Notre-Dame Design Contest,” supposedly as distinct from the international design competition announced by France after the cathedral fire in April. So far as I can tell, the announcement has not been followed up officially with a … Continue reading
Dalrymple: Curl’s ‘Dystopia’
Theodore Dalrymple, the British prison doctor, psychiatrist and social critic, has written several reviews of James Stevens Curl’s book Making Dystopia, the most detailed and penetrating history of modern architecture written thus far. Each of Dalrymple’s several reviews seems intended … Continue reading
While Our Lady is restored
The as yet officially unannounced international design competition on how to repair Notre-Dame de Paris after her extensive damage by fire has already spawned a number of predictably ridiculous proposals. One would replace the roof with a swimming pool intended, … Continue reading
How to rebuild Notre-Dame
Right out of the box, France announced an international competition to determine whether and how to rebuild the roof and spire of Notre-Dame, destroyed by fire on April 15. French President Emmanuel Macron wants the job done by 2024, in … Continue reading
Flèche of Viollet-le-Duc
The lost spire of Notre-Dame must be rebuilt, but how? An international design competition has been announced to decide how to rebuild it, whether as it was or as “adapted to techniques and challenges of our times.” These last are … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Preservation
Tagged Notre Dame, Paris, Style Wars, Voillet Le Duc
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Notre Dame redivivus?
Notre Dame lives! Monday was pure concentrated stress and sadness – the horror! – watching the spire teeter and fall, then seeing the fire creep along what remained of the roof toward the betowered west façade, and then, as flames … Continue reading
Barf on Arc de Triomphe
Christo plans to work his tragic on Paris’s Arc de Triomphe, draping it in blue fabric, but fortunately not until 2020, well after my family and I visit the City of Light, if we decide to go. The arch has … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Humor, Video
Tagged Arc de Triomphe, Christo, Gates of Central Park, Installation Art, Paris, Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show
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