David Greusel

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David Greusel Aug 28, 2009

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Silver Medal

What is it about second place that prompts so many of us to label it “losing?” Perhaps it helps us feel better about ourselves?

Industrial Gothic

David Greusel Aug 21, 2009

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Industrial Gothic

So what’s wrong with pragmatism in architecture? Plenty, as it turns out.

David Greusel Jul 3, 2009

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Turn Two

Baseball’s double play is a work of art, a four-second hymn of praise, very nearly a miracle. Compared to a full-length ballet, the double play is almost infinitesimally brief. But in sheer beauty and poetry, it is the equal.

David Greusel Jun 5, 2009

In-flight refueling

McDonald’s is emblematic of libraries-turned-media-centres, and hospitals-turned-medical-centres: the human has become inhuman. And yet, like so many things in modern life, the fault, dear Brutus, lies not in McDonald’s, but in ourselves.

David Greusel Feb 13, 2009

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Learning by osmosis

I think that architectural training in North America is more wrong than right. It is based on an Enlightenment model of learning, imagining that verbal and/or written communication equals knowledge transfer equals education.
After toiling in invaluable apprenticeships, and learning mostly by overhearing, I beg to differ.

David Greusel Nov 14, 2008

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Two shades of green

The green movement, as commonly understood, embodies one idea I believe Christians should heartily endorse, and one I believe we should equally heartily reject.

David Greusel Jan 18, 2008

Art museum: cathedral or cancer?

With the eclipse of religion in the West, the art museum has replaced the cathedral as the building type with the greatest architectural, social, and spiritual significance in a community. One could cite many facts to support this claim, but only one is needed: the commissions sought by and awarded to the most highly regarded architects in our day. Nine out of ten are for museums.