Tag Archives: Victorian Architecture

Crystal Palace of the mods

Posted on July 29, 2017 by David Brussat

[In seeking to confirm that former RISD Prof. Derek Bradford was, in fact, born in London I learned to my great dismay that he had passed away in January. Derek and I maintained a most friendly badinage for years from … Continue reading →

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Victorian hotel evolution

Posted on July 26, 2017 by David Brussat

With the grand history of train station hotel design no doubt cavorting in the back of his mind, British Transport Minister John Hayes argues in yesterday’s post “Sic beautiful transit? Not!” that Britons do not need to put up with … Continue reading →

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Among ye olde Victorians

Posted on July 21, 2017 by David Brussat

Victorian architecture, seen as the architecture of the long reign of Queen Victoria, shows the absurdity of those who claim that Victorian styles fell out of favor during the 1950s and ’60s, as many observers attest, modernist and otherwise. My … Continue reading →

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Understand the Victorian

Posted on September 21, 2015 by David Brussat

Stephen Bayley, the architecture critic for the Telegraph, has written “Some Victorian buildings should be left to die.” He is correct, but some is a vague word, to say the least. “All modernist buildings should be left to die” is … Continue reading →

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