Chad Nantais

Great thought forged in podcasts should not be lost to the feed. I rebuild shows into archives that stand — sourced, in the host's words.

[Robert ₿reedlove @Breedlove22]

Just discovered that The “What is Money?” Show is Socratically inspired in a deep way:

As Socrates stated almost 2,500 years ago, “The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.” This one phrase establishes the single most important aspect of study, teaching, self-growth, and acquiring effective knowledge.

[Mark de Nijs @mark_mijdus]

Religious buildings have a spiritual glow that is so important for the human psyche. They should be saved at all costs.

[ʙʏ ᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟ ʜᴀɴᴅ @bymortalhand]

At first I thought this was AI, but it turned out to be a real castle in Russia, and the crazy part is that construction only began in 2007.

Garibaldi Castle, despite being a modern project, was designed in the spirit of medieval architecture, blending Renaissance and Victorian influences to create a fantastical, old-world aesthetic.

[Architetto Polemico @polemicarc]

While going through my archive to find some inspiration, I stumbled upon this building in Cayalà by Léon Krier.

Very simple, clear, moderately ornated.
A commensurate beauty.

Oh boy what a loss, I miss him.

[createstreets @createstreets]

New old streets in Dresden. The city’s recreation of its traditional heart is utterly beyond the comprehension or imagination of most British planners, developers, architects or “heritage experts” & yet is profoundly popular, sustainable. It is the people who made this happen.

[Jonathan Berk @berkie1]

A walkable neighborhood, corner stores, missing-middle homes, and tree-lined streets aren’t radical ideas.

They’re just how cities worked before we broke them.

[Chad Nantais @chadnantais]

@Rustybe96849965 @cityaestheticss This is Knez Mihailova street in Belgrade. That’s not what the OP posted.

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

Love how these apartments are designed to fit around existing mature trees

Again by EMI Architecture, in Zurich

[Chad Nantais @chadnantais]

@polemicarc What are the sources of pushback?

[Austin Tunnell @AustinTunnell]

Another cool photo of one of our buildings at Selah (a walkable neighborhood).

I’m deeply inspired by Dutch architecture and urbanism—and got the chance to do a stepped gable and stone caps here. But overall remarkably simple detailing!

Beauty doesn’t have to be complicated.

[City Aesthetics ⛩ @cityaestheticss]

Why have parallel parking…

When you can have beautiful greenery.

[Architecture & Tradition @archi_tradition]

Springtime in Budapest

[Discover Catholic Business @PapistDirectory]

Support the craft of Catholic workers

[Southern Urbanism @SouthernUrb]

#Zoning separates humanity. @LeonKrier

[City Aesthetics ⛩ @cityaestheticss]

This is why people would rather be glued to a screen than be outside.

[PARSIFEL @Parsifel1]

Augustus at the tomb of Alexander the Great by Lionel Royer

[Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist @UrbanCourtyard]

Making North American cities places *for the complete life cycle* (including having kids) means rethinking how we plan city blocks. Best way to do houses with yards while maintaining density and commercial integration is courtyard blocks.

[Architetto Polemico @polemicarc]

Tuscanic, the simplest order, is my favorite because it dignifies with modesty and, if we want, minimalism, in a wider range of contexts than other orders.

[Architetto Polemico @polemicarc]

Traditional Architecture is humanistic because it puts the Human at the center, both as generator and receiver of it.

In the age of transhumanism, siding with Tradition is a precise choice of will.

[Micah Springut @mspringut]

If you’re a luxury developer and you’re not figuring out how to build like this, you’re about to get leapfrogged.