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June 19, 2023

Dinosaurs, cavemen, and volcanic disaster: America's prehistoric genesis myth

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The root problem in American ethnogenesis is that we just got here, and where we came from was host to rival empires with their own already ...
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June 17, 2023

The Midcentury tiki / caveman origins of the iconic low "mansard" roof for McDonald's, Pizza Hut, etc.

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The recent posts about Googie and tiki styles co-existing, as well as the primitive style of the Polynesian Village Resort at the founding o...
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June 7, 2023

Disney World's Brutalist and primitive futurist origins

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Although discussion of Brutalist architecture in America, where it was born, focuses only on its more elevated settings -- civic buildings, ...
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June 5, 2023

Googie architecture: primitive futurism, with upswept roofs from Frank Lloyd Wright

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No exploration of American culture's distinctive "primitive futurism" would be complete without a look at Googie architecture...
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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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