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I like all sorts of towns, cities and buildings, but what I design are Classical buildings and Traditional cities. You can see some of them at Massengale.com.

With Robert A.M. Stern I wrote a history of architecture and urbanism in the Progressive Era, New York 1900, Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890–1915 (Rizzoli, 1983) as well as an introduction to the history of suburbia before sprawl, The Anglo–American Suburb (St. Martin's Press, 1981). I have a grant to write Do The Right Thing: Architecture, Urbanism, Democracy, the Zeitgeist & the Soul.

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Thursday, August 17, 2006

Words to live by

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"This is irrelevant," said Salguero, director of PortSide NewYork and Yale alum. "There's nothing wrong with exploring abstract architecture. But don't come here and call it planning."

If only Daniel Doctoroff would listen.

via B61 Productions

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"Abstract Architecture" -- I like it. It is an accurate label.

ab·stract (ăb-străkt', ăb'străkt') adj.

1. Considered apart from concrete existence: an abstract concept.
2. Not applied or practical; theoretical.
3. Difficult to understand; abstruse: abstract philosophical problems.
4. Thought of or stated without reference to a specific instance: abstract words like truth and justice.
5. Impersonal, as in attitude or views.
6. Having an intellectual and affective artistic content that depends solely on intrinsic form rather than on narrative content or pictorial representation: abstract painting and sculpture.

Posted by: Laurence Aurbach at Aug 19, 2006 11:37:26 AM

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