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Tag Archives: Video
Up Fifth Avenue in early ’30s
Stumbled upon this delightfully informative, well-paced, almost soporific film of Fifth Avenue, taken from the rear window of a motorcar (if they still used that word in the 1930s), at a steady pace except for stops at traffic lights. You’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Video
Tagged Central Park, Central Park South, Fifth Avenue, New York City, Video
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Christo, homage to a life
The artist Christo has died. One must not, they say, speak ill of the dead. I am not speaking ill of the dead man but of his art. Those who bruise easily may stop reading here, but Christo’s death will … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art and design, Video
Tagged art, Christo, Jeanne-Claude, New York, Stephen Colbert, The Gates, Video, Wrapped Reichstag
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Talk the talk on buildings
Here is a post of mine from Feb. 7, 2018, “Talk the talk on buildings,” about the incoherence of architectural language. It was originally illustrated by a map of the 1901 McMillan Plan for the National Mall, a fine example … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
Tagged ArchNewsNow, Duo Dickinson, Kristen Richards, Marianela D'Aprile, Michael Imber, National Civic Art Society, Video
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Dickinson vs. Dickinson
Duo Dickinson is an architect in New Haven whose work, primarily private houses, is creative yet overwhelmingly traditional in appearance. I like his architecture very much. His firm’s portfolio and productivity are impressive. However, when writing and speaking about architecture … Continue reading
A few minutes in Stockholm
This eight-minute tourism video of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, is part of an excellent series of such films produced by Expedia, the booking agency. For some reason, modernists seem infatuated by Stockholm, even though very little modern architecture appears, … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Video
Tagged Expedia, Gunnar Asplund, Stockholm, Stockholm Public Library, Tourism, Travel, Video
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Stroik’s honest architecture
In this video, master architect Duncan Stroik defenestrates three of architecture’s most enduring principles. Speaking to attendees at the 2017 Bulfinch awards lecture series, Stroik takes a hammer to the “honesty” that supposedly undergirds classicism, especially this holy triad: that … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Video
Tagged Boston Public Library, Bulfinch Awards, Duncan Stroik, ICAA, ICAA New England Chapter, Video
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Introducing Gerhardt Fjuck
Comedy Central has put out a wonderful video spoof of modern architecture in the guise of Gerhardt Fjuck, an apparent play on Bjarke Ingels, the Danish designer of some of the world’s most ridiculous buildings. Videographer and humorist Arturo Castro … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Humor, Video
Tagged Alternatino, Arturo Castro, Bjarke Ingels, Comedy, Comedy Central, Gerhardt Fjuck, Modern Architecture, Video
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Assassin’s Creed does Athens
Here is an eight-minute video on the reconstruction of ancient Athens by game-maker Ubisoft for the latest episode (if that’s what it’s called) of Assassin’s Creed. Previous episodes have invited us into highly realistic reconstructions of Renaissance Venice and Florence … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art and design, Video
Tagged Acropolis, Assassin's Creed, Athens, London, Renaissance Italy, Ubisoft, Video, Video Games
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Modernism vs. modernism
“Why Do People Hate Modern Architecture?” is a ten-minute video by Betty Chen, who posts from ARTiculations.com, an art supply shop in Toronto. Chen comes across as favorable to modern art and architecture. Indeed, the next video of hers on … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Video
Tagged ARTiculations, Betty, Brutalism, Modern Architecture, Scott Brown and Venturi, Toronto, Video
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