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Stanley Abercrombie

Stanley Abercrombie is an architect and writer. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and of the American Academy in Rome.

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Oracle in Pearls

Ada Louise Huxtable, able to depict a building in a few memorable words, set the standard for informed and fearless criticism

by Stanley Abercrombie | Friday, March 01, 2013
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A Passion for Architecture

Nuggets from a critical gold mine

by Stanley Abercrombie | Monday, December 01, 2008
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The Tales Buildings Tell

Architects can overwhelm their creations; time can make a hash of great visions

by Stanley Abercrombie | Tuesday, December 01, 2009

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2nd Look

King, Kennedy, and the Power of Words

by Tim Wendel

April 4th marked the 53rd anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. That night in 1968, presidential candidate Robert Kennedy broke the news to an Indianapolis crowd gathered for one of his rallies. “Listening to the speech decades later is to be reminded of the real power of words,” writes Tim Wendel in this 2012 essay. “How they can heal, how they can still bring us together, but only if they are spoken with conviction and from the heart.”

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