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Eternity 1950-1989 : Free Texts : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet Archive

Eternity 1950-1989 : Free Texts : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet Archive The Internet Archive has borrowable grayscale scans of the full 1950-1989 run of Eternity, a monthly Christian magazine founded by Donald Barnhouse, pastor of Tenth Presbyterian...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 25, 2023 11:40 PM

The Renaissance Neighborhood History Project

The Renaissance Neighborhood History Project Arena Mueller posts her research into the history of homes of the 1/2-square mile between Lewis and Harvard Avenues, 11th and 15th Streets, just south of the University of Tulsa, and the people who lived...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 20, 2021 10:05 PM

'The Michelangelo of kitsch': the restoration of outsider architect Bruce Goff | Art and design | The Guardian

'The Michelangelo of kitsch': the restoration of outsider architect Bruce Goff | Art and design | The Guardian "Born in 1904, he grew up in Oklahoma - way off the cultural radar. Having demonstrated a flair for art as a...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 10, 2020 5:05 PM

Making the Garden by Christopher Alexander | Articles | First Things

Making the Garden by Christopher Alexander | Articles | First Things The architect who developed a humane approach to architecture and city planning based on observed patterns of health and flourishing writes on the connection between an apprehension of God...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 7, 2017 2:06 AM

American Architecture's Classical Revival by Allan Greenberg and Colette Arredondo, City Journal Spring 2015

American Architecture's Classical Revival by Allan Greenberg and Colette Arredondo, City Journal Spring 2015 While the contagion of "global architecture" today dilutes the individual character of our cities, turning them into bland collections of interchangeable buildings, we now have voices...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 4, 2015 11:27 PM

The Open-Office Trap : The New Yorker

The Open-Office Trap : The New Yorker "The open office was originally conceived by a team from Hamburg, Germany, in the nineteen-fifties, to facilitate communication and idea flow. But a growing body of evidence suggests that the open office undermines...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 10, 2014 10:21 AM

Architecture - Demise of Gehry Design for Nets Arena Is Blow to Brooklyn - NYTimes.com

Architecture - Demise of Gehry Design for Nets Arena Is Blow to Brooklyn - NYTimes.com Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff: "Arenas are notorious black holes in urban neighborhoods, sitting empty most of the year and draining the life around them."...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 9, 2009 11:44 AM

50 Strange Buildings of the World | Village of Joy

50 Strange Buildings of the World | Village of Joy Strange for many different reasons: Indigenous architecture, starchitecture, whimsical structures. (Via Samizdata.)...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 26, 2008 8:09 PM

Drawing a Blank Downtown - TIME

Drawing a Blank Downtown - TIME From 1983, but still relevant 25 years later: "Although the tide has turned and bankers and developers are again investing in downtown, the shiny new megastructures of the '70s and '80s are often still...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 24, 2008 1:40 AM