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Rouchell: Case for classicism
The second St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans, 1853; burned 1896. (N.O. ICAA/Franck Collection)
Michael Rouchell is an architect in New Orleans and a founder of the Louisiana chapter, one of 15 regional chapters of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art. On March 30, as part of a discussion of the wisdom or folly of the proposed executive order on the classicization federal architectural…
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Our stately house of state
Our stately house of state
Shot from the roof of the Rhode Island State House, between the dome and a tourelle.
The other day who should pass through town on the way to view the mansions of Newport but Michael Rouchell, of Newport, founder of the New Orleans chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art. No ICAA honcho can pass through Providence without taking in the capital’s famous State House, opened in 1900…
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TB: Ode to a Tuscan column Here is February's post for my blog at Traditional Building, titled "Ode to a Tuscan column…
Rouchell and New Orleans
Rouchell and New Orleans
Historic New Orleans, with downtown highrises in background. (TripAdvisor)
My post “Nostalgia in New Orleans?” generated some comment among traditionalists on the TradArch list, including Louisiana architect Michael Rouchell. A couple of years ago, he contributed an excellent counterproposal to help my effort to get Rhode Island’s governor to ask developers to boost Rhode Island’s brand in their…
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Quoins on the shop floor
Quoins on the shop floor
Architectural ornament for sale. (bomardesigns.com)
There are many categories of architecture porn. (I hasten to say that’s a good thing.) One of my favorites is long lists in prose of ornamentation. So I was, shall we say, charmed to read architect Joel Pidel’s recent thread begun this afternoon on the TradArch list. It was soon joined by architect Michael Rouchell, and then by Andrès Duany, the…
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