Two St. Louis Blogs Make ‘Top 100 Architecture Blogs’ List
Congratulations to Toby Weiss and Andrew Raimist for making a list of the top 100 architecture blogs. International Luxury Home website ‘International Listings’ created the diverse list.
48. B.E.L.T.: This blog is about “Built Environment in Layman’s Terms.†But, the photography is by Toby Weiss, an architectural photographer. Once again, this blog was difficult to classify so it ended up as a niche blog since the writing is as interesting as the photographs.
76. Architectural Ruminations: Andrew Raimist, from Raimist Architecture, Inc., offers his perspectives on St. Louis, Missouri, modern architecture including works of modern architect Harris Armstrong, and Raimist’s photographs.Â
Congrats to these two for the widespread recognition of their work. Click here to view the full list.
Great, both nice blogs, there is much to look at in the environment. Good design makes such a difference at all levels. Good design, or art, is what the current leadership of St. Louis cannot seem to create, it doesn’t matter whether it is the art of politics or the art of building. There is no danger of duplicating the support for the arts of the Medici Family here in St. Louis.
Architecture of course forms the stage for art and life. That was the philosophy of the old days.
The real problem for todays architecture is to make design relevant at the city level. So that it is not only about masterpieces of architecture, but also how those masterpieces live in their environment.
Then the common buildings can meld with the masterpieces to create an even larger, and more satisfying architectural piece called the city.
As I move through the streets of STL, I see good design everywhere. As a construction worker from a building trades family I see it from a craft perspective more clearly than most. I see it in the new, and in the old. I see it in the wonder of a steel and glass structure highrise pieced together by the welder that learned his craft in the foothills of Missouri welding the blade back to the plow. I see it in the bush hammer marks of a hundred year old limestone pier that has known the river more intimateley than I ever will. There is good design here. One major problem is the success of too much “design” in one place because it is popular at a given moment in history, ie Pruitt-Igoe, the Arch, Civic Center Plaza, etc. One concrete example for me is the main library downtown. I think it is one of the most wonderful buildings in the nation, neglected but wonderful. Its very meaning is diluted among all the other buildings in the Civic Plaza that say the same thing.
In a time when the design of new buildings especially in developments for commercial public spaces have taken a back seat to parking lots, these sites help remind us of how beneficial architecture can be to a community. I appreciate their insights and passion.
Patrick, I agree there is good design everywhere, there also a boatload of bad design. Walgreens, Southtowne Centre, Loughborough Plaza along with numerous infill housing projects and on and on.
The challenge for architecture moving forward will be to try and reconnect their designs with the city. Those mentioned above are all new projects that more than likely involved architects.
B.E.L.T and Architectural Ruminations do a good job and deserve the recognition, but the other side of architecture is it’s failure in creating the larger whole into a meaningful architectural environment.
In classical times, architecture was used to capture and define corners, to create vistas, to create special urban spaces and textures. Ultimately the isolated building that does not enhance the whole is a failure as architecture. Look at Walgreens, in the early days of St. Louis, that same building would have been used by commercial interests and their architects to enhance the environment, not degrade it.
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