Tag Archives: Robert A.M. Stern Architects

Best trad buildings of 2022

Posted on December 29, 2022 by David Brussat

Capital Square, in Richmond, with the original Life Insurance Co. of Virginia under construction to  next to city hall to the center left of the Virginia State Capitol, designed by Thomas Jefferson. It grows ever more difficult and hence ever … Continue reading →

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Good news for Labor Day

Posted on September 4, 2022 by David Brussat

Bernheimer Architecture, a small design firm of 22 employees headquartered in New York City, has become the first in the industry to form a union. An article by New York Times correspondent Noam Scheiber reports that the employees’ campaign to … Continue reading →

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Best trad buildings of 2019

Posted on December 31, 2019 by David Brussat

Compiling the best of the world’s traditional architecture completed in 2019 depends on what the meaning of “completed” is. I had hoped to open this annual post with Berlin’s Baroque-style Stadtschloss (City Palace), built in 1845, damaged by bombs in … Continue reading →

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Best trad buildings of 2017

Posted on December 31, 2017 by David Brussat

It has taken me a couple of days to round up the best traditional buildings of 2017 – not, I hope, because there are so few. Winners of design contests generally anoint selections from entries for buildings completed as many … Continue reading →

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More of Yale’s new campuses

Posted on December 4, 2017 by David Brussat

Got a wonderful gift in the mail today. It was a card from Robert A.M. Stern Architects, of the sort I often get, and which often give me pleasure. But this was more – more pleasure, because more photos of … Continue reading →

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Beauty isn’t so difficult

Posted on September 26, 2017 by David Brussat

Originally posted on Architecture Here and There:
I took this from the bridge in the photo above, looking toward the Old Town. How do they do it? Beauty. Other things being equal, people spend their discretionary time in places where…

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