May 30, 2023

Exposed concrete: the American architectural style's defining material, from Frank Lloyd Wright through Brutalism and beyond

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I had no idea how backwards the history of architecture & design from the 20th C. and after has been, until I began researching American...
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May 22, 2023

Imperial competition fuels ornamental complexity arms race, unipolarity keeps things simple

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The more I look at the history of American architecture, the more striking the parallels to Romanesque become -- beyond the obvious level, w...
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May 20, 2023

Ethnogenesis shocks and disturbs with new cultural forms, until it reaches maturity, and becomes the accepted standard forever after

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Before moving on to the review of Brutalism's place in the history of definitive American architecture, I'm going to take a detour t...
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May 19, 2023

Prelude to an Americanist defense of Brutalist architecture

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In the comments section to another post (beginning here and lasting several comments), I detailed how pointless and ridiculous the Trump ex...
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May 9, 2023

Cantilevers pioneered by the American style of architecture & design

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Looking back through some old family photos, I was reminded of how Midcentury Modern everybody's homes used to be -- not through deliber...
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May 5, 2023

The 2023 financial crisis: this time *is* different -- for the worse

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Not much to add other than a link to my "old" post from late 2018, laying out the very simple logic and history of the neoliberal...
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