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Susan Klaiber

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Architectural historian | Baroque, early modern & beyond American formerly in 🇩🇪 & 🇮🇹, now 🇨🇭 | Detroit diaspora https://susanklaiber.wordpress.com/

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 21d

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Bernini`s Architectural Drawings - An Extended Edition of Brauer and Wittkower’s Catalogue of 1931 (Römische Forschungen der Bibliotheca Hertziana, Band 38)

#earlymodern #baroque #architecture #drawings

www.hirmerverlag.de/de/titel-32-...

View of book covers for two-volume set of Bernini's Architectural Drawings, edited by Tod A. Marder and published by Hirmer on behalf of the Bibliotheca Hertziana. Volume 1 (visible) has ink and red chalk drawing for the crowning feature of the Baldacchino in St. Peter's.

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Denise S. Valenti @denisevalenti.bsky.social · 7h

I don’t think I could possibly be more excited for the opening of the new @princetonartmuseum.bsky.social!

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/a...

A Storied Art Collection at Princeton Gets a New Home

www.nytimes.com

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · 7h

The exhibition "Disegnare per capire: Franz Graf Wolff-Metternich e la genesi della nuova Basilica di San Pietro. Ipotesi e ricostruzioni (1953–1978)” is on show in Palazzo Zuccari until 31 March 2026, from Monday to Friday (except holidays) from 9:30 am – 6:30 pm.
ℹ️ www.biblhertz.it/de/mostra-me...

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 7h

Arrived in the US yesterday evening with my absentee ballot for the city council in my hometown in Michigan all voted and ready to send off.

Popped it in the mailbox today here in suburban Chicago.

VOTE! #vote

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Susan Wabuda @susanwabuda.bsky.social · 1d

Vote in every election. In the US, the next election is less than 3 weeks away. Lots of local offices, like mayors, are in the race. EVERY ELECTION MATTERS. Get ready to USE YOUR VOICE and CAST YOUR BALLOT.

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20min.ch @20minuten.bsky.social · 14h

Neues Passport-Ranking: Der US-Pass ist so schwach wie noch nie – die Schweiz behält einen Spitzenplatz.

Schweizer Pass gehört zu den stärksten der Welt – USA rutschen ab

Laut neuem Henley-Ranking können Schweizerinnen und Schweizer 188 Länder ohne Visum bereisen. Der US-Pass dagegen ist so schwach wie nie und fällt auf Platz 12.

www.20min.ch

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 1d

🌿 We're thrilled that The Garden of Cosmic Speculation in Dumfries has become a designated landscape, following assessment by Historic Environment Scotland and support from C20. Developed gradually between 1988-2012 by Charles & Maggie Jencks, the garden is a work of outstanding artistic importance.

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Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 1d

A beautiful elliptical window in the early 17th century porch of the wonderful Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Melchbourne, Bedfordshire 😍

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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 1d

15 October 1950: young volunteers remove rubble from the demolished Schloss in East Berlin (via Bundesarchiv)

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 2d

Just across the street from my dad's childhood home at 4409 Chalmers. And - sadly - just as eradicated. ☹️ 💔

every lot detroit.. before and after @everylot.det.city · 2d

4414 CHALMERS
Parcel ID: 21055379.
Year built: None
Zoned R2
Tax status: TAXABLE
Image dates: Aug 25 2019 on left; Jul 31 2025 on right

Street view imagery of 4414 CHALMERS captured on Aug 25 2019

Street view imagery of 4414 CHALMERS captured on Jul 31 2025

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 2d

Viel Erfolg wünsche ich Dir!

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 2d

Time to find the archive with old issues of parish and diocesan newsletters...

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 2d

Not so familiar with German examples, but have heard of houses being used as prizes for fundraising raffles by churches in Chicago in the 50s / 60s.

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 2d

Nice job at Museum für Gestaltung Zürich!

infoclio.ch @infoclio.bsky.social · 2d

Kurator:in Kunstgewerbesammlung #infocliojob

Kurator:in Kunstgewerbesammlung

Kurator:in Kunstgewerbesammlung CS 14. Oktober 2025 Arbeitgeber Zürcher Hochschule der Künste Arbeitsumfang 75% Arbeitsort Zürich Bewerbungsfrist So., 09.11.2025 - 12:00 Details siehe im Originalinserat

dlvr.it

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Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 2d

Important conversation. Pleased to be a part of it. #publicart #sculpture #fountain #SanFrancisco #beauty #Urbanism+

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 2d

Keine Ahnung, hört sich aber irgendwie wie Bausparkasse an.

Ungefähres Datum oder Jahrzehnt?

Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 2d

Just across the street from my dad's childhood home at 4409 Chalmers. And - sadly - just as eradicated. ☹️ 💔

every lot detroit.. before and after @everylot.det.city · 2d

4414 CHALMERS
Parcel ID: 21055379.
Year built: None
Zoned R2
Tax status: TAXABLE
Image dates: Aug 25 2019 on left; Jul 31 2025 on right

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Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte @zikg.eu · 2d

Wir erweitern die Öffnungszeiten der Bibliothek und heißen Euch ab 3.11.25 auch in den Abendstunden und am Samstag willkommen!🤩
Neue Öffnungszeiten (probeweise 3.11.25 – 30.4.26)
Mo–Fr: 9:00 – 22:00 Uhr
Sa: 9:00 – 13:00 Uhr
Detaillierte Infos zu den angebotenen Services: www.zikg.eu/aktuelles/na...

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 3d

Bungalorte-cochère

Color photo, at an awkward angle, of a 1920s Chicago brick bungalow in yellow (maybe call it buff) brick with mostly red tile roof and polygonal bay. Roof extends over side entrance and driveway to brick pillars on other side, making a porte-cochère for car.

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Anke Gröner @ankegroener.bsky.social · 2d

Heute um 20.15 Uhr auf arte, jetzt schon in der Mediathek: „Geraubtes Wirtschaftswunder - Die übertünchte Vergangenheit der Deutschen“. Ich durfte zum Film ein paar Sätze zu einem Gemälde von Erich Mercker beisteuern.
www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...

Geraubtes Wirtschaftswunder - Die übertünchte Vergangenheit der Deutschen - Die ganze Doku | ARTE

Deutschlands Wirtschaftswunder: Die Deutschen haben sich nach der Stunde Null wieder hochgearbeitet. Wirtschaftsminister Ludwig Erhard hat die D-Mark und die soziale Marktwirtschaft eingeführt, währen...

www.arte.tv

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Barnabas Calder @barnabascalder.bsky.social · 2d

I offered a dissenting voice in this article about "beauty" in #architecture, though little of it got in. Essentially, I can't see why style wars should wang on self-promotingly through a climate emergency.
www.ft.com/content/fd8a...
I put the case here too:
www.dezeen.com/2023/01/12/a...

Who should decide what makes a building beautiful?

Everyone agrees that we need more homes, and fast — and that we want them to look good. But who should be the judge: architects, governments or the general public?

www.ft.com

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 2d

This conference looks really interesting. #architecture #travel #19c #20c

H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · 3d

Konf: Architects and Engineers: Journeys in the Polytechnic Culture Networks, Media, and New Destinations Since 1794

https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158023

Karlsruhe, 06.11.2025-08.11.2025, Institut für Kunst- und Baugeschichte (IKB), Fakultät für Architektur, Karlsruher Institut für …

www.hsozkult.de

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Karl Galle @karlgalle.bsky.social · 3d

This looks great 👇👇, and also there is an open-access version of the 400-page exhibition catalog online, for those of us sadly unable to travel and see the objects displayed in person: books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de//arthistoric... #medievalsky

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 3d

This is actually an Ingo Maurer design called Lucellino. 💡 🕊️

#design #lighting

www.ingo-maurer.com/en/products/...

Ceiling lamp with two winged light bulbs on wires.

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 3d

Believe it or not, Bernini prepared plans for this exterior revetment in Siena in connection with renovations done under Alexander VII.

His design remained unexecuted. You can read about it in Chapter 9 of our book!

www.hirmerverlag.de/de/titel-32-...

Architectural drawing with plan of the southern exterior wall of Siena cathedral including the bell tower. The drawing is done in ink and black chalk. At the lower left, a perspective view of the wall.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

NEW: After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are increasingly wavering on the practice.

In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts against fluoridation.

On the Front Line of the Fluoride Wars, Debate Over Drinking Water Treatment Turns Raucous

After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are wavering on the practice. In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts against fluoridation.

www.propublica.org

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 3d

This is actually an Ingo Maurer design called Lucellino. 💡 🕊️

#design #lighting

www.ingo-maurer.com/en/products/...

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