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A Craftsman's Philosophy
Western Philosophical Conceptions of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness
Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Modernist Ideology
A Modernist Glossary
A Traditional Architecture Glossary
The Seven Lamps of Architecture
An American Perspective on French Wine and Plaster Traditions
Roman Architecture
The History of Plaster
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Sunday, February 4, 2024
Gebs, Chiselled Gypsum Plaster
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Bou Inania Madrasa, Fes The word "Gebs" (الجبس) literally means "gypsum" in Arabic. The carving of gypsum plaster as ...
Saturday, December 30, 2023
Monumental Mistakes
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Courtesy of Monumental Labs “But man, proud man, Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd—...
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Friday, October 13, 2023
The Technological Society and Its Presence
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Tower of Babel - Pieter Bruegel the Elder Technology is the great revolving door of Hope. It could be argued that the characteristic of man ...
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Tuesday, May 23, 2023
The Matter of Gothic
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Winchester Cathedral This essay intends to complete a tripartite overview of the underlying principles of Gothic architecture. The first, Th...
Thursday, May 18, 2023
The Classical versus the Gothic
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L’église Saint-Eustache, Paris The typical narrative regarding the origins of Gothic architecture is that it was an evolution of the Romanes...
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
The Longleaf Laureate of Loneliness
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There are only two appropriate themes for poetry worthy of the name: tragedy and love. Of these two, tragedy is the more noble; however, its...
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Saturday, April 8, 2023
Beauty is an Apokalypsis
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The revelation both emerges and is perceived by a poetic frame of consciousness. In 1453, towards the East, a disaster befell Christ...
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