"Hello, my name is John. I'm a recovering architect."
I like all sorts of towns, cities and buildings, but what I design are Classical buildings and Traditional towns and cities. You can see some of them at www.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.
I'm the Chair of CNU New York a Founding Member of the Congress for the New Urbanism, a former Director of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America and Federated Conservationists of Westchester County, and a co-founder of the New Urban and Traditional Architecture Councils.
I was also a co-founder of the pro-urb list, a forum on the internet for an advanced discussion of New Urbanism. And in this blog you will find some postings from that list, along with other writings and clippings on architecture, urbanism, Classicism, Tradition, metaphysics and culture.
Copyright © 2004 – 2006 John Massengale
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Whit Stillman: The Last Days of Disco, With Cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards
Mead & McKim White: The Architecture of McKim, Mead & White in Photographs, Plans and Elevations
Jacob Needleman: The American Soul: Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Founders
James Hillman: Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling
Robert A. M. Stern: New York 1900: Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890-1915
Donald A. Norman: Emotional Design: Why We Love (Or Hate) Everyday Things
J. Frederick Kelly: Early Domestic Architecture of Connecticut
Russell Versaci: Creating a New Old House: Yesterday's Character for Today's Home
Philip Bess: City Baseball Magic--Plain Talk and Uncommon Sense about Cities and Baseball Parks
Stern, Gilmartin & Massengale: New York 1900 : Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890-1915
Hegemann & Peets: The American Vitruvius: An Architects' Handbook of Civic Art
Raymond Unwin: Town Planning in Practice: An Introduction to the Art of Designing Cities and Suburbs
Ray Gindroz: The Urban Design Handbook: Techniques and Working Methods
Andrés Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Roberto Alminina: New Civic Art : Elements of Town Planning
Fassbinder's BRD Trilogy (The Marriage of Maria Braun / Veronika Voss / Lola) - Criterion Collection
The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition)
The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition)
The Third Man (50th Anniversary Edition) - Criterion Collection
There's Something More About Mary (Widescreen 2-Disc Collector's Edition)
