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Gothic Reflections in Glass; In Fairfax, an Offbeat Office Building
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Glass Gothic wasn't exactly a dominant motif of the
image-conscious architecture of the 1980s, but it was a famous one,
used to striking effect by Philip Johnson and John Burgee for the PPG
company headquarters in downtown Pittsburgh. It reached the
Washington suburbs this year, in the form of One Cambridge Court, an
office building in the semi-urbanizing wilds of Fairfax County.
Johnson-Burgee designed PPG in 1979, helping to seal the
corporate embrace of postmodern aesthetics. The complex of
buildings, comprising a 40-story skyscraper, a 13-story tower, four
five-story structures and a ...
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Survival of the foppiest For Beau Brummell, doing nothing with tremendous style was a vocation, says Claire Harman
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...years after the death of George "Beau'' Brummell, Punch ran a spoof advertisement...the late king, George IV: "Brummell's neckcloths, the trophies...Burney: A Biography' (Flamingo) Beau Brummell: The Ultimate Dandy by Ian Kelly...
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Just dandy: biographer Ian Kelly takes on 18th-century fashion icon Beau Brummell.(EYE)
Magazine article from: W
; ...legendary late-18th-century dandy Beau Brummell, he didn't stop at the usual...an off-Broadway production of Beau Brummell, a drama by Ron Hutchinson...to cook better. And now, with Brummell, I've got to dress better...
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MAN ABOUT TOWN; IN TWO DANDY DEBUTS, AUTHOR AND ACTOR IAN KELLY BRINGS BEAU BRUMMELL TO THE BIG APPLE.
Magazine article from: Daily News Record
; ...claims Ian Kelly makes for Beau Brummell: The Ultimate Man of...Kelly's perspective, Brummell is also "one of the...week in repertory with Beau Brummell. "They're...says Kelly, "Carme and Brummell were tricky, dark characters...
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Beau Brummell
Magazine article from: The Village Voice
; Beau Brummell By Ron Hutchinson 59E59 59 East 59th Street...example, the words of definitive dandy Beau Brummell when he felt the Prince Regent was slighting...the biography by lan Kelly, who plays Brummell-is a sort of Rake's Regress. It finds...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Culture: Sartorial visionary reborn; The name rings a bell but what did he do, exactly? Ron Hutchinson's new play about Beau Brummell reveals all, writes Terry Grimley.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...get very much of in a play about Beau Brummell is sex: apparently Regency England...without wanting to know more about Brummell - and let's face it, most of...Hutchinson, who became interested in Brummell because he wanted to write about...
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 "The Saturday Star (South Africa)")
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Beau to bar black nudists; Exclusivity is good business, not racism, Brummell insists ahead of opening of 'Kaal on the Vaal'.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Saturday Star (South Africa)
; ...Africa's well-known nudist, Beau Brummell - now 63 - is at it again. This...called "Kaal on the Vaal", Brummell said that when he started to allow...expose their genitals like that," Brummell said. So who's coming to jol...
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Beau Brummell.(Beau Brummell: The Ultimate Man of Style)(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: California Bookwatch
; Beau Brummell Ian Kelly Free Press 1230 Avenue of Americas...0743270894 $26.00 www.simonsays.com BEAU BRUMMELL: THE ULTIMATE MAN OF STYLE comes from...dandy. Despite his widespread fame, Brummell has not had his own serious biography...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Actor leads appeal for Beau Brummell statue.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England)
; ...000 appeal for a statue honouring Beau Brummell, the original English gentleman. Bowles, who plays Brummell in Beau at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket...backing a bid by trustees of the Beau Brummell Statue in St James's to erect a life...
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Actor leads appeal for Beau Brummell statue
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London
; ...000 appeal for a statue honouring Beau Brummell, the original English gentleman. Bowles, who plays Brummell in Beau at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket...backing a bid by trustees of the Beau Brummell Statue in St James's to erect a life...
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Bowles brilliant in a masterpiece of style; Beau Brummell Malvern Festival Theatre.(Review)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...Keith in To The Manor Born. As Beau Brummell in his declining years in a Calais...towards insanity and dissolution. Brummell has left England (debts and a...Richard McCabe). Austin clings to Brummell, as his valet, with the strange...
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