Preservation in Mississippi
It ain't all moonlight and magnolias
Series (usually a week long each) of excerpts and discussion of books about preservation, architectural history, and Mississippi architecture
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Death and Life of the Great American Cities, by Jane Jacobs
(March 2009)
- Jane Jacobs on City Planning
- Jane Jacobs on Streets
- Jane Jacobs on Gentrification
- Jane Jacobs on Old Buildings
- Jane Jacobs on the Environment and Suburbia
From Bauhaus to Our House, by Thomas Wolfe
(April 2009)
- Book Quotes: From Bauhaus to Our House
- Wolfe Does Not ♥ Gropius
- Architectural Education Overthrown
- The Destruction of Craftsmanship
- Apostates and Post-Modernists
- Mies, Mies, van der roh-ha
How Buildings Learn, by Stewart Brand
(May 2009)
- Book Quotes: How Buildings Learn
- From High Road to Unreal Estate
- Preservationists Are Soooo Cool
- Preservation, Part 2
- Defining Vernacular
- Some Closing Thoughts
The International Style, by Henry Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson
(Aug 2009)
- Book Quotes: The International Style
- Volume, not Mass
- Regularity, not Symmetry
- Conformity, not Individualism
Mississippi: WPA Guide to the Magnolia State
(April 2010)
- Book Quotes: WPA Guide to the Magnolia State
- No Such Thing as “Southern Colonial”
- Let’s Just Forget 1865-1920
- But the Depression is Great!
Southern Mantel and Tile Catalog
(Jul 2010)
- Book Quotes: Southern Mantel and Tile Catalog
- The Secret’s in the Lumber
- Selling Mantels and Mantel Accessories
- Mission Furniture Too!
The History of Art in Mississippi
- Book Quotes: History of Art in Mississippi
- Modern Office Structures
- Seats of Government
- County Court Houses
- Lauren Rogers Library and Museum (Laurel)
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