Category Archives: Architecture

Placerville, California

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: I had to make a quick business trip to the city of Placerville recently, located in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The town, a California Historical Landmark, was one of the central locations of the Gold Rush. Here … Continue reading →

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Village Du Jour

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Portorož, Slovenia

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Narrow Streets

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Enjoy a beautiful collection of photos of narrow streets — and wonder, as I often do, why the U.S. doesn’t have many more attractive streets than it does. Crazy, utopian concept: A street shouldn’t be just a … Continue reading →

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Village Du Jour

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Fredrikstad, Norway Related Sir Barken Hyena points out that this design, shaped to deflect artillery, is basically what the medieval castle evolved into in response to the development of the canon.

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Official Buildings, Old vs. New

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: As I was scrolling through some pics I snapped during a trip the Question Lady and I took through the Midwest a few years ago, I was struck — for about the zillionth time — by the … Continue reading →

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Prison/School

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Which is the prison, which is the school? Shouldn’t the architecture be giving us more of a hint than it is? And why do we sentence children to spend many years of long days in buildings that … Continue reading →

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Quote Du Jour

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: “Whether we like buildings as pure formal objects is another matter, and not of primary significance. What is truly significant is whether architecture creates a place.” Link.

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Downtown Vegas Neon

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Here are a few snaps of Vegas neon from my latest trip there a few weeks ago. I shall not rest until I’ve collected every sign in the city. Related My first gallery of Vegas neon. My post … Continue reading →

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More Upstate Charms

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Some folks associated with this blog are fans of upstate New York.  Here are some snaps of its charms. First, the quite atmospheric village of Pultneyville, on the shore of Lake Ontario some 25 miles west of Rochester. … Continue reading →

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Nevada City and Architectural Theory

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: One of the biggest cons in the world of aesthetics is the central notion that the architecture establishment peddles: the idea that architecture-and-urbanism is, and should be, a complicated, intellectual, theory-driven, abstraction-and-cogitation-heavy field. (Also that architects are, … Continue reading →

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