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Trump’s Ballroom: What a Great Idea!

Hélène de Lauzun August 10, 2025

It is fortunate that our kings had the same reflex as Trump today, or we would still be living in Frankish or Visigothic tents, having destroyed the splendour of the Roman Empire.

Putting an End to Modern Architectural Disaster: A Great Source of Savings

Hélène de Lauzun July 19, 2025

This disgraceful construction comes at a cost estimated at €50 million, at a time when France is succumbing to debt.

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Heat Waves in Europe: Rediscovering the Cooling Wisdom of Traditional Design

Hélène de Lauzun July 5, 2025

The answer to heat will not come from expensive insulation and public subsidies.

Architecture Under Fire for Moral Absolutism

TEC News May 26, 2025

Drawn to Net Zero and enforced diversity, the profession has allowed politics to replace thinking and innovation.

Reality Check | Ep. 24 | Architectural Modernism is Dead

Jan Bentz February 1, 2025

James McCrery discusses the journey from modernist architecture’s stark rationalism to the revival of classical tradition.

The Aesthetics of Settlement

George Carter November 2, 2024

Britain, like Europe, is suffering from a spiritual decay which manifests in the deterioration of its built environment.

Rebuilding R’lyeh: Houellebecq, Lovecraft, and the Meaning of Architecture

Steven Tucker October 31, 2024

Modern architecture is meant to transform human beings into alien beings upon their own former home-world.

The Yin-Yang of Urbanism: Léon Krier and Architectural Complementarity

Carlos Perona Calvete September 24, 2023

By highlighting how the size, type, and style of constructions can all fit, Krier shows us the way (post)modern architecture and urbanism are based on the perverse thrill of mismatch and contradiction.

Re-Building the Future: The Case of Cayalá

Carlos Perona Calvete August 28, 2023

Cayalá should encourage both our traditionalist and voluntarist instincts. Its prosperity is a testament to traditional design principles, while the speed with which it was built shows us what is possible.

Metaphysics of Architecture: A Look at Gottfried Semper’s Urkunst

Carlos Perona Calvete June 3, 2023

By locating the essence of traditional architecture in the primacy of character over concrete—the pattern we see over the material we don’t—Semper championed particularity over uniformity.

Tag: architecture

Trump’s Ballroom: What a Great Idea!

Putting an End to Modern Architectural Disaster: A Great Source of Savings

Heat Waves in Europe: Rediscovering the Cooling Wisdom of Traditional Design

Architecture Under Fire for Moral Absolutism

Reality Check | Ep. 24 | Architectural Modernism is Dead

The Aesthetics of Settlement

Rebuilding R’lyeh: Houellebecq, Lovecraft, and the Meaning of Architecture

The Yin-Yang of Urbanism: Léon Krier and Architectural Complementarity

Re-Building the Future: The Case of Cayalá

Metaphysics of Architecture: A Look at Gottfried Semper’s Urkunst

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