Arthur Cotton Moore is a prominent Washington, D.C.-based architect, urban designer, and author known for his work in historic preservation and adaptive reuse. He contributed essays to The Weekly Standard between 2005 and 2008, writing on topics including architecture, design, and travel.
I certainly had not intended to be anywhere near a war zone, particularly one involving an irritated Russian Army, having always avoided even being on the same continent as one, fearful that in the heat of battle (or the fog of war), the contestants might not be able to distinguish a Bermuda shorts…
Despite the widespread impression that there are gobs of dirt and barrels of toxic waste flying all over the People's Republic of China, its government clearly sees hosting this year's Olympics as crucial validation of the country and its regime, and is entrusting the Art of Architecture to…
Art Basel Miami Beach, a polymorphously perverse event if there ever was one, swamped the entire convention center in Miami Beach in early December, and was considerably inflated by more than a dozen large satellite fairs, art collections, private collections, design shows, museum shows, and…
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