Having faced the challenges of photographing WEYLIN, for which we collaborated with Durston Saylor who took amazing pics, we highly recommend this new class at the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art. Photography plays an essential role in how architecture is perceived, studied, and presented. Every choice made by the photographer helps determine which architectural… Read More
Call for Nominations: Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards Deadline for submissions: Friday, January 11, 2019, 5:00pm The New York Landmarks Conservancy has been a leader in preserving, restoring, and reusing New York City’s architectural legacy for more than 45 years. The Moses Awards are the Conservancy’s highest honors for outstanding preservation work. Named in honor of… Read More
This privacy device communicated messages that were as private as an Egyptian chamber and there wasn’t a way to hack them and decipher what was being said or heard. Not only homes and offices used this technology but also airplanes and fine automobiles such as the 1927 Rolls Royce Phantom, so the drivers and passengers were… Read More
There is something that happens a lot when you connect with New York and frequently visit places and venues: you think who is the one behind such an intense preservation job? Is it the city? Is it a City Hall department? Is it private?…It’s a lot of different combined facts but without a doubt there… Read More
Weylin had been spending a big amount of his private time meeting with architects throughout the last decade. The work done showed very advanced sketches of a Beaux Arts building, a Neoclassical style studied and practiced in France since the late 1600’s. The plans were kept by the Albany Family and passed along ten generations,… Read More
A console is more specifically an “S”-shaped scroll bracket in the classical tradition, with the upper or inner part larger than the lower or outer. Keystones are also often in the form of consoles. Whereas “corbel” is rarely used outside architecture, “console” is widely used for furniture, as in console table, and other decorative arts… Read More
The style expresses the academic neoclassical architecture taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. It is the cumulative product of two-and-a-half centuries of instruction under the authority, first, of the Académie Royale D’Architecture (1671–1793), then, following the French Revolution of the late 18th century, of the Architecture section of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. The… Read More