H/T: TJA, Notre Dame architecture classmate, a Stalwart of the Belallta Studio, roommate (if you count a passage in the library stacks as a room and hot bunking as sharing), fellow Army Corps of Engineers veteran, Captain of my saber arch, one of only three men who have ever ridden co-pilot with me on my skoot, and connoisseur of the built environment who, like me, prefers Sullivan over Gropius and who shares my adoration of the Ecole de Beaux Arts and the building which ushered in the Art Deco movement.
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Thursday, August 27, 2020
Iconic Chrysler Building: Monument to Design
Read about the breakthrough in design that led to Manhattan's world-renowned Chrysler Building.
H/T: TJA, Notre Dame architecture classmate, a Stalwart of the Belallta Studio, roommate (if you count a passage in the library stacks as a room and hot bunking as sharing), fellow Army Corps of Engineers veteran, Captain of my saber arch, one of only three men who have ever ridden co-pilot with me on my skoot, and connoisseur of the built environment who, like me, prefers Sullivan over Gropius and who shares my adoration of the Ecole de Beaux Arts and the building which ushered in the Art Deco movement.
H/T: TJA, Notre Dame architecture classmate, a Stalwart of the Belallta Studio, roommate (if you count a passage in the library stacks as a room and hot bunking as sharing), fellow Army Corps of Engineers veteran, Captain of my saber arch, one of only three men who have ever ridden co-pilot with me on my skoot, and connoisseur of the built environment who, like me, prefers Sullivan over Gropius and who shares my adoration of the Ecole de Beaux Arts and the building which ushered in the Art Deco movement.
Labels:
Architecture,
Awareness,
Chrysler Building,
Manhattan
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