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This inspiring group, all experts in the field of traditional building and design, will deliver regular opinions about a wide range of subjects and challenge your thinking in the process.

clemlabine1Clem Labine: Daniel Libeskind’s Architectural Aggression
“A recent museum addition by Daniel Libeskind provides vivid evidence of the disdain that many Modernist architects hold not only for traditional design, but also for the work of their professional predecessors. The building in question is an addition to the Military Museum in Dresden, Germany. Not content with merely affixing an unsympathetic, context-defying appendage to the original Neoclassical building, Libeskind took the additional step of slicing through the façade of the older structure to emphasize his total disregard for historic fabric.” Read more.
Peter H. Miller: : The Paralyzing Freedom of Having It Your Way
“’Hold the pickles. Hold the lettuce. Special orders don’t upset us. All we ask is that you will let us serve it your way!’ Remember that advertising jingle from Burger King?” Read more.

semesSteven W. Semes: Post Modernism: A Digression
“Last month afforded me three opportunities to indulge in some personal nostalgia by revisiting Post Modernism, the loosely-defined movement of about three decades ago that broke with the International Style and embraced references to historical architecture, decoration and popular culture.” Read more.

rudychristian1Rudy Christian: Made by Hand–or Made by the Trades?
“I’ve spent a lot of time and words talking about the importance of making things by hand, but recently I’m finding reason to question the validity of that statement. One of my favorite ways of describing how the world we live in affects the way we think is to point out that in modern times we spend most of our lives in environments where everything that surrounds us is manufactured.” Read more.