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Richmond Gas Company Building

Soon the Richmond Gas Company Building will be no more. Click here for news story.
The first time I set eyes on the Richmond Gas Company Building, I knew it was the perfect building for my thesis. While it wasn’t exactly what I had researched during Fall Semester 2008, it fit the parameters I set forth [...]

Posted at 8:11 pm on October 14, 2009 | 2 comments | Filed Under: Commentary, History, Preservation | Tagged: historic preservation, identity, memory, Richmond, thesis | read on

It’s Not the Buildings Fault

Since I completed my thesis involving the Richmond Gas Company building I have kept a watchful eye on developments surrounding the building. When I began my thesis the building was at crossroads. There was a large faction ready to demolish the building considering it an eyesore and hazard. The was another prominent but smaller contingency [...]

Posted at 8:03 pm on October 9, 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Uncategorized | read on

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building (n.)

1. a usually roofed and walled structure built for permanent use (as for a dwelling)

2. the art or business of assembling materials into a structure

building (v.)

1. to form by ordering and uniting materials by gradual means into a composite whole : construct

bloc (n.)

1. a combination of persons, groups, or nations forming a unit with a common interest or purpose

block (n.)

1. a hollow rectangular building unit usually of artificial material

2. a usually rectangular space (as in a city) enclosed by streets and occupied by or intended for buildings

building block (n.)

1. a unit of construction or composition; especially : something essential on which a larger entity is based

The Building Bloc(k) is meant as a forum to discuss all things architecture along with the allied fields. Architecture is both my passion and my profession so at any given time architecture holds various sways over me. Usually it excites. Occasionally it angers. Sometimes it confuses. But no matter what emotion it evokes, architecture not only needs but deserves a discussion (sometimes serious, sometimes fun) to advance the field in a positive direction. Please join the discussion.

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