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Oops! A derisive moniker cries out for its building

11:48 AM Fri, Nov 05, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (17)
By David Brussat    Email

Illustrations: Above, the Granoff Creative Arts Center as it nears completion on Angell Street, on the Brown University campus in Providence; below, same damn thing. * * * My apologies to all those who thought that the image of......

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 Tags  Architecture   Brown University   Granoff Creative Arts Center   Modernism   Providence RI  

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Keynote speech at the first Bulfinch Awards

8:20 PM Thu, Nov 04, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (3)
By David Brussat    Email

[ICA & CA New England Chapter President] John [Margolis] kindly asked me to say a few words about Charles Bulfinch, the Bulfinch awards, their purpose, and the purpose of the ICA & CA, nationally and through the New England chapter.......

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 Tags  Andres Duany   Architecture   Boston   Bulfinch Awards   Charles Bulfinch   ICA & CA   Massachusetts State House   Modernism   Pritzker Prize   Steven Semes  

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Speech: Bulfinch keynote to end up here

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By David Brussat    Email

I'll soon be posting last night's Bulfinch Awards keynote address, delivered straight from this text, by yours truly at the Massachusetts State House.......

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Column: Why ugly buildings get stupid names

7:46 AM Thu, Nov 04, 2010 | Permalink | Write a comment
By David Brussat    Email

Illustrations: Above, This is London? Its skyline-to-be, with the Shard, Gherkin and Cheesegrater at center right; below (pictures to come) * * * Among the perks of architecture criticism is the assignation of derisive monikers to ugly modernist buildings.......

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 Tags  Bank of America Building   Evening Standard   Johnson & Wales   Kieran Long   London   Providence RI   Rafael Vinoly  

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Coming up: Give us your derisive moniker

11:54 PM Wed, Nov 03, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By David Brussat    Email

Tomorrow's column, upcoming in less than ten minutes, concludes with a call for entries in the "Derisive Moniker" contest for the Granoff Creative Arts Center, a Brown University building nearly complete on Angell Street. The contest is preceded by......

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 Tags  Architecture   Brown University   Granoff Creative Arts Center   Nicknames for Buildings   Providence RI  

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