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Coming up: Blast from the mythical modernist past

10:24 PM Tue, Aug 30, 2011 | Permalink | Write a

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By David Brussat

In four weeks, on Wednesday, Sept. 28, Brit engineer Malcolm Millais, author of Exploding the Myths of Modern Architecture, will give a lecture at the exclusive Algonquin Club, on Boston's Commonwealth Avenue. Andres Duany has said the book is perhaps......

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Tags Algonquin Club Andres Duany Boston Exploding the Myths of Modern Architecture From Bauhaus to Our House Malcolm Millais Tom Wolfe

What did the Shard do to Jonathan Jones?

9:10 PM Thu, Aug 25, 2011 | Permalink |

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By David Brussat

Jonathan Jones, art critic for the Guardian, of Britain, has issued a primal scream against the Shard, which will be the tallest building in Europe when complete. It was designed by Renzo Piano, and like almost every other major......

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Tags Architecture David Brussat Guardian Jonathan Jones London Modern Architecture Renzo Piano Shard

Column: Ask Dr. Downtown

7:00 AM Thu, Aug 25, 2011 | Permalink |

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By David Brussat

* * * Sura Korean Restaurant & Sushi Bar * * * Jacky's Waterplace & Sushi Bar ... * * * ... in the Waterplace Luxury Condominium Towers's patented Flying Nun hat * * * Sally Fields will visit.......

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Tags Chinese David Brussat Dr. Downtown Flying Nun Jacky's Korean P.F. Chang's Providence RI Restaurants Sally Fields Sura Teriyaki & Korean House

Coming up: Invasion from the Far East (in Providence?)

8:06 PM Wed, Aug 24, 2011 | Permalink | Write a

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By David Brussat

Huh? Wuddaya talkin' 'bout? Well, for one thing, Dr. Downtown rides to the rescue in tomorrow's column. Dr. Downtown? Where has he been all this time? Well, you won't get answers from him about that, but while he's riding......

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Tags David Brussat Dr. Downtown Sally Fields The Flying Nun The Russians Are Coming

Mary Weston: Update on Newport's Queen Maya Square project

9:47 PM Sat, Aug 20, 2011 | Permalink |

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By David Brussat

Above, architect Maya Lin's proposal to renovate Newport's Queen Anne Square * * * Our intrepid Newport correspondent, Mary Weston, has contributed several reports about the latest public forum held by the City Council on the project to renovate......

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Tags Mary Weston Maya Lin Newport Restoration Foundation Newport RI Queen Anne Square

Column: Le Corbusier and la Voiture Minimum

7:00 AM Thu, Aug 18, 2011 | Permalink |

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By David Brussat

Above: The Voiture Minimum as rendered by author Antonio Amado (d-talks.com) * * * "Euclidean" rendering of the Voiture Minimum * * * Hood ornament of the Avions Voisin motor cars preferred by Le Corbusier * * * Brothers......

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Tags Antonio Amado Architecture archpaper.com Avions Voisin Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Craig Hodgetts David Brussat Detroit Furniture Le Corbusier Modern Architecture Paris Plan Voisin Voiture Minimum

Coming up: Le Corburator

9:02 PM Wed, Aug 17, 2011 | Permalink |

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By David Brussat

Imagine my astonishment at learning that this classic Citroen Deux Chevaux, which to be sure has been around the block, is a model from no further back than 1986. I thought it more likely to hail from the 1940s......

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Tags Citroen Le Corbusier Voiture Minimum

Column: The 'fascism' of the Federal Reserve

7:00 AM Thu, Aug 11, 2011 | Permalink |

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By David Brussat

Above, Federal Reserve Building, on Constitution Avenue in Washington (Wikipedia) * * * Architect Paul Phillipe Cret (1876-1945) * * * World War I Monument, in Providence, by Cret * * * World War Two Memorial (2004), in Washington,......

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Tags Architecture Bauhaus David Brussat Eleanor Roosevelt Federal Reserve Franklin Roosevelt Goebbels Hitler Mies van der Rohe Modern Architecture Nazi Germany Paul Cret Speer

Coming up: Have you had enough of this building yet?

8:22 PM Tue, Aug 09, 2011 | Permalink | Write a

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By David Brussat

Americans have been bombarded by images of this building in Washington. Were it built today, this is exactly the sort of building that would cause modernists to rear back in horror at so-called "fascist" architecture. A U.S. government building designed......

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Tags Architecture David Brussat Fascist Federal Reserve Hitler Modern Architecture Speer Washington

An addition to Lemonade Susie's house?

10:06 AM Thu, Aug 04, 2011 | Permalink | Write a

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By David Brussat

This Verizon commercial, here*, is hilarious. I wonder what it really says about the concept of success. In the ad, Susie has a lemonade stand in the front yard. Her dad, leaving for work, gives her a Verizon phone with......

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Tags Architecture Business David Brussat Lemonade Modern Architecture Success Verizon

Column: Mencken on 'The New Architecture'

7:00 AM Thu, Aug 04, 2011 | Permalink |

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By David Brussat

Above: H.L. Mencken lived almost his whole life in this Baltimore row house. (Courtesy of Baltimore Heritage) * * * H.L. Mencken on last day of Prohibition, in 1933 * * * The Lincoln Memorial, in Washington * *......

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Tags Architecture Baltimore MD H.L. Mencken Le Corbusier Modern Architecture New York The American Mercury The New Architecture

Goodwin's article on my article on Beth-El: A reply

9:49 PM Wed, Aug 03, 2011 | Permalink | Write a

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By David Brussat

Since George Goodwin, author of "The manifold meanings of synagogue architecture" on today's Journal op-ed page, was a primary source for my July 21 column "Save the old Shaare Zedek Temple," I am quite flattered that he read it......

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Tags Architecture David Brussat Erich Mendelsohn George Goodwin Jewish Architecture Judaism Percival Goodman Rabbi Braude Temple Beth-El

Not coming up: The Full Mencken

9:18 PM Wed, Aug 03, 2011 | Permalink | Write a

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By David Brussat

This week's column was to have been a reprint of most of H.L. Mencken's essay "The New Architecture," from the The American Mercury, published in February 1931. But copyright law requires getting permission to copy any literary work not yet......

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Tags Architecture Copyright David Brussat H.L. Mencken Knopf Modern Architecture Random House The American Mercury

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August 2011 Archives

Coming up: Blast from the mythical modernist past

What did the Shard do to Jonathan Jones?

Column: Ask Dr. Downtown

Coming up: Invasion from the Far East (in Providence?)

Mary Weston: Update on Newport's Queen Maya Square project

Column: Le Corbusier and la Voiture Minimum

Coming up: Le Corburator

Column: The 'fascism' of the Federal Reserve

Coming up: Have you had enough of this building yet?

An addition to Lemonade Susie's house?

Column: Mencken on 'The New Architecture'

Goodwin's article on my article on Beth-El: A reply

Not coming up: The Full Mencken

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