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Architecture Is Frozen Music

by John Massengale Posted on June 1, 2019

Imagine the following scenario. There are some problems with it, but you’ll get the point. The Berlin Philharmonic has the only sheet music for Mozart’s Requiem. One day, a fire destroys the last 10 pages. Angela Merkel announces that the … Continue reading →

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The Best Building At Columbia

by John Massengale Posted on October 10, 2016

THIS IS a difficult building to photograph, and a Northern Italian Renaissanc church with a loosely Byzantine interior wouldn’t normally be my favorite. But it is so well done. The perfect proportions, the details in the entrance in antis, the … Continue reading →

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The Good Kind: Notre Dame du Haut (Ronchamp)

by John Massengale Posted on September 15, 2016

NOTRE DAME DU HAUT is a work of beauty and genius. To fully appreciate that you must visit the pilgrimage chapel in the northeast corner of France. Le Corbusier put aside his machine aesthetic and principles of mechanical standardization and embraced … Continue reading →

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For those who celebrate Christmas

by John Massengale Posted on December 25, 2015

It doesn’t get much better than this: High Perpendicular English Gothic, Renaissance woodwork, a Rubens altarpiece, and this:

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City of the Day

by John Massengale Posted on July 14, 2015

No this one:

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“There are no unsacred places, there are only sacred places and desecrated places’’ — Wendell Berry

by John Massengale Posted on April 13, 2015

Quote of the Day

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There are two types of architecture—good architecture, and the other kind

Category Archives: divine

Architecture Is Frozen Music

The Best Building At Columbia

The Good Kind: Notre Dame du Haut (Ronchamp)

For those who celebrate Christmas

City of the Day

“There are no unsacred places, there are only sacred places and desecrated places’’ — Wendell Berry

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