After making a set of reasonable criticisms of the proposed replacement for the Eugene Bradbury 1913 Compton House in a sharply-worded Letter to the Editor of The Daily Progress, University professor Daniel Bluestone challenges the rainwater harvesting aims of VMDO Architects, the designers of the complex in which Jefferson Scholars Foundation plans to cloister [...]
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Dan Bluestone is (sort of) Wrong About the New Jefferson Scholars Foundation Building!
Posted in Charlottesville, Compton House, Cultural Preservation, USGBC on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Sustainable Design” versus Sustaining a Culture: No Excuses.
Posted in Charlottesville, Cultural Preservation, National Register, USGBC, Virginia Landmarks Register on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The catalog of cultural properties eligible for the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register includes the category “structures.” It’s a broad one, but boils down to something made by a human being and bent to a human purpose other than providing human shelter. Examples could be: A lighthouse. A bridge. A [...]
