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Column: Charles wins Battle of Styles

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By David Brussat    Email

Illustration: London skyline in 2008 (credit: Wikipedia Commons) I don't think he is evil per se. He is just misled. --Richard Rogers describes Prince Charles, June 12 THE THUNDERING PETULANCE of Lord Richard Rogers toward Prince Charles was a......

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 Tags  architecture   Chelsea Barracks   London   Prince Charles   Richard Rogers   Simon Jenkins  

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Anything you can do we can do badder!

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By David Brussat    Email

That must be the motto of the modern architect. A while back Preservation magazine reported on a lovely 1916 Palm Beach courthouse that had not been demolished but built around for a needed expansion. Ugly. Recently the ugly new exterior......

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 Tags  Eyesore of the Month   Hespeler Library   Jim Kunstler   Ontario  

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Are there falcons in Providence? The proof

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By David Brussat    Email

You must view this astonishing video of Peregrine falcons on and around Textron World Headquarters. The video is unfortunately anonymous, but made its way to me through David Segal, whom we also thank for tagging it "Animals. Warmongers. Architecture." Whether......

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 Tags  David Segal   falcons   Providence RI   Textron  

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The wonder of it all

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By David Brussat    Email

That is, the wonder of living downtown. It rocks. A couple days ago I received an e-mail from a friend. After reading my blog flogging the open house of downtown residential complexes (see the blog entry "Tour of downtown living"......

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 Tags  downtown   Providence RI   Westminster Street  

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Coming up: More on Britain's battle of styles

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By David Brussat    Email

Readers of this blog have been kept up to date on the Battle of Styles under way in Britain over Chelsea Barracks, and Prince Charles's great victory over Sir Richard Rogers, Lord Riverside. But many nonreaders of this blog......

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 Tags  John Montague   Leon Krier   London   Prince Charles   Richard Rogers  

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