Tag Archives: Preservation

Learn from Lombard Pozzi

Posted on October 12, 2018 by

Thursday evening I attended a lecture on the late Bristol architect Lombard Pozzi, who died in 2013. Lombard Pozzi – what a great name! More than anyone else, Pozzi is responsible for Bristol’s having managed to remain true to its … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Preservation | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments

Rome: Who are those guys?

Posted on August 20, 2018 by

Who are those guys? Good question. But first, I must point out that indecipherable notes on a recent lecture force me to leapfrog a topic I’d intended to address today and grab a quicky topic instead. I’ve chosen to simply … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Photography, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Steven Semes in Newport

Posted on August 4, 2018 by

The Redwood Library & Athenaeum will host a lecture by preservationist Steven Semes on Thursday, Aug. 16, at 6 p.m. Semes will discuss preservation news from around the world, partly about conventional misinterpretations of international preservation treaties, charters, texts and … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Preservation | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments

We dodged the HQ2 bullet

Posted on April 6, 2018 by

Providence would have been slaughtered if Amazon had decided to build its second headquarters – HQ2 – in Rhode Island and its capital city. So for the loss of 50,000 well-paid jobs and sundry other benefits, we should not blame … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Development | Tagged , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Krier: Ruins and discontents

Posted on March 22, 2018 by

Since we are still on our reconstruction roll, here is an excellent essay by Leon Krier, architectural theorist and master planner of Prince Charles’s new town of Poundbury. It was originally intended as an introduction to The Roman Forum: A … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Preservation | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Rebuild the Roman Forum

Posted on March 17, 2018 by

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 →

Posted in Architecture, Preservation, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Millais on rebuilding Berlin

Posted on February 28, 2018 by

Malcolm Millais, author of Le Corbusier, the Dishonest Architect and Exploding the Myths of Modern Architecture, recently visited Berlin, in part to investigate four examples of how Germans have reconstructed historic buildings damaged by Allied bombs in World War II. … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Preservation | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The uses of preservation

Posted on January 12, 2018 by

“The Uses of Corruption” is an essay by Theodore Dalrymple published in the Summer 2001 issue of City Journal, the quarterly of the Manhattan Institute. Dalrymple is a British sociologist and commentator who argues that Italy is more prosperous and … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Preservation | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Save twin B’way cast-irons

Posted on August 2, 2017 by

In its length and breadth, Manhattan is a free art museum for all of those who will open their eyes, whether they are Knickerbocker heirs or hoboes from Hoboken. To walk down the street is to encounter museum-worthy works of … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Preservation | Tagged , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Own a free villa in Italy

Posted on May 26, 2017 by

Truly! Since not everyone is logged in to the roster of programmes gushing from Italy’s bureaucracy, such as it may be, check out this from the website Hyperallergic. Yes, Italy is giving away free castles, villas and other unused historic … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Development, Preservation | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment