Tag Archives: Richard Fernandez

The stupidest profession

Posted on July 6, 2022 by David Brussat

Occasionally I run across a post of mine from long ago that bears reprinting. This one from July 31, 2018,  fits that description, it seems to me, even though I have edited it to fix some badly written parts that … Continue reading →

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The hegemony of architecture

Posted on December 7, 2021 by David Brussat

Architecture may be suffering from a hegemonic conundrum that afflicts the major institutions of the whole world. It is not just hegemon vs. hegemon anymore, according to analyst Richard Fernandez in his recent essay “There Is Something Wrong with our … Continue reading →

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The stupidest profession …

Posted on July 31, 2018 by David Brussat

Localism calls to mind various slow movements such as slow food. There should be a slow architecture movement. Localism was taken up recently by the New York Times columnist David Brooks in “The Localist Revolution: Sometimes it Pays to Sweat … Continue reading →

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