Jane Griswold Radocchia
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
The Carpenter Square and the Compass - The Evolution of Practical Geometry
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, On May 31, 2025, I will present Practical Geometry and Carpenter Squares at the Early American Trades Association (EAIA)* conference in ...
Friday, April 11, 2025
Durer's alphabet via the book 'Good Eye'
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A rift, not a book review This is the cover for Good Eye , George R. Walker and Jim Tolpin's latest book about furniture design and pro...
Friday, February 21, 2025
William Pain's 'The Practical Builder' and Lavius Fillmore
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Here's the Old First Church, Bennington, Vermont.* In 1803 the church elders invited the Master Builder, Lavius Fillmore, to build ...
Friday, January 24, 2025
James Gibbs and the Rockingham Meeting House
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This blog post assumes you, the reader, are familiar with James Gibbs' architecture. If you need an introduction or a review, check the ...
Saturday, December 14, 2024
James Gibbs' Rules for Drawing the several Parts of Architecture
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My previous post looked at Palladio Londinensis' instructions for the use of geometry to design of entrances.* I found that essential in...
Monday, December 2, 2024
Palladio Londinensis' Frontispieces, c.1755
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: Reader beware: This post is a work in progress. I thought this was a simple post: I wanted to share the 'Diameters', because vis...
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