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November 6, 2023 Blog, Throwback Thursday

The Clermont Armory 167 Clermont Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11205

Today’s Throwback Thursday highlights the Clermont Armory located at 171 Clermont Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. The Clermont is Brooklyn’s oldest standing armory building. It was built for the 23rd Regiment founded in 1861 during the Civil War. They were an offshoot of the 13th Regiment headquartered on Flatbush Avenue and broke off to become..

October 23, 2023 Blog, Throwback Thursday

“The Bridges” at Vinegar Hill in Brooklyn, New York.

Today’s “Throwback Thursday” highlights a magnificent six-story condominium with 37 units, originally built in 1920, located in a part of Brooklyn known as Vinegar Hill. “The Bridges” Condominium was built and converted in 2002. The exterior of the original building was preserved and the fifth and sixth floors were added to create the existing condominium..

July 3, 2023 Blog, education

Louis Kahn

Louis Isadore Kahn was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia. He was one of the most revered architects of his time and created a style that was monumental and monolithic; his heavy buildings for the most part do not hide their weight, their materials, or the way they are assembled. He was awarded the..

June 26, 2023 Blog, education

Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Niemeyer, in full Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho, was born on December 15, 1907, and died on December 5, 2012, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is considered one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer’s architecture is known for its free-form sculpture and lyrical style. He studied architecture at the..

June 19, 2023 Blog, education

Cass Gilbert

Cass Gilbert was an American architect born on November 24, 1859, in Zanesville, Ohio. He was born the middle of three sons and was named after the statesman Lewis Cass, to whom he was distantly related. He moved to St. Paul with his family in 1868 and began his architectural career at the age of..

June 12, 2023 Blog, education

Erich Mendelsohn

Erich Mendelsohn was a German-British architect, known for his expressionist architecture in the 1920s, as well as for developing dynamic functionalism in his projects for department stores and cinemas. Mendelsohn was born on March 21, 1887, in Allenstein, Germany died on September 15, 1953, in San Francisco, California. He was an architect recognized for his..