Antonio Pacheco
@pantonio.bsky.social
Doctoral Candidate at MIT Architecture, researching spatial practices of US government entities; New Deal, Art Deco, Water, and Sewage | he / him
https://dirt.fyi/article/2024/03/art-deco-ourselves
https://dirt.fyi/article/2024/03/art-deco-ourselves
Architecture is upstream from culture
November 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Architecture is upstream from culture
Editing these dissertation chapters like
November 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Editing these dissertation chapters like
It’s worth remembering that the Gilded Age didn’t end with the Great Depression, but with the Progressive Era.
April 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It’s worth remembering that the Gilded Age didn’t end with the Great Depression, but with the Progressive Era.
Cherry trees at Trump Tower, resplendent in their incandescent bloom.
April 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Cherry trees at Trump Tower, resplendent in their incandescent bloom.
Interior view of Thomas U. Walter’s cast iron dome at the US Capitol!
Of particular interest these days - The Capitol Rotunda is topped by Constantino Brumidi’s fresco, The Apotheosis of George Washington showing GW draped in purple robes exalted in heaven.
Of particular interest these days - The Capitol Rotunda is topped by Constantino Brumidi’s fresco, The Apotheosis of George Washington showing GW draped in purple robes exalted in heaven.
March 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Interior view of Thomas U. Walter’s cast iron dome at the US Capitol!
Of particular interest these days - The Capitol Rotunda is topped by Constantino Brumidi’s fresco, The Apotheosis of George Washington showing GW draped in purple robes exalted in heaven.
Of particular interest these days - The Capitol Rotunda is topped by Constantino Brumidi’s fresco, The Apotheosis of George Washington showing GW draped in purple robes exalted in heaven.
More on these chunky benches - they appear to be made out of large pieces of wood, and are held together with dowels. They’re a bit worse for wear but are a lovely addition (and comfortable).
This one’s for you @susanklaiber.bsky.social
This one’s for you @susanklaiber.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
More on these chunky benches - they appear to be made out of large pieces of wood, and are held together with dowels. They’re a bit worse for wear but are a lovely addition (and comfortable).
This one’s for you @susanklaiber.bsky.social
This one’s for you @susanklaiber.bsky.social
Besides the super structures there are also some nice, more overtly PoMo flourishes, like this triangular pink picket fence, a trellis, geometric planters, and some very whimsical wooden benches.
March 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Besides the super structures there are also some nice, more overtly PoMo flourishes, like this triangular pink picket fence, a trellis, geometric planters, and some very whimsical wooden benches.
Finally seeing Venturi Scott Brown’s Ghost Structures at Franklin Court in the Independence National Historical Park in person.
Beautifully simple painted steel sections used to draw the outline of Benjamin Franklin’s Philadelphia home.
Beautifully simple painted steel sections used to draw the outline of Benjamin Franklin’s Philadelphia home.
March 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Finally seeing Venturi Scott Brown’s Ghost Structures at Franklin Court in the Independence National Historical Park in person.
Beautifully simple painted steel sections used to draw the outline of Benjamin Franklin’s Philadelphia home.
Beautifully simple painted steel sections used to draw the outline of Benjamin Franklin’s Philadelphia home.
Who made this ????
March 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Who made this ????
Extremely chuffed to work on a presentation for Women’s History Month centered on the work of Frances Perkins that I will get to deliver to my kid’s 1st grade class.
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Extremely chuffed to work on a presentation for Women’s History Month centered on the work of Frances Perkins that I will get to deliver to my kid’s 1st grade class.
Men building sewers in shirtsleeves
Taken from New York Public Library’s digital archives of Public Works Administration projects.
Taken from New York Public Library’s digital archives of Public Works Administration projects.
March 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Men building sewers in shirtsleeves
Taken from New York Public Library’s digital archives of Public Works Administration projects.
Taken from New York Public Library’s digital archives of Public Works Administration projects.
RIP (Scofidio is on the left)
March 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
RIP (Scofidio is on the left)
Indianapolis in the 1920s
March 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Indianapolis in the 1920s
Poverty Point is best seen from the air, so this sad photo doesn’t do it justice!
March 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Poverty Point is best seen from the air, so this sad photo doesn’t do it justice!
Two data points that are related, but not totally sure how:
-Siegfried Giedion’s “anonymous history” (1948)
-Bernard Rudolfsky’s “Non-Pedigreed Architecture” (1965)
-Siegfried Giedion’s “anonymous history” (1948)
-Bernard Rudolfsky’s “Non-Pedigreed Architecture” (1965)
February 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Two data points that are related, but not totally sure how:
-Siegfried Giedion’s “anonymous history” (1948)
-Bernard Rudolfsky’s “Non-Pedigreed Architecture” (1965)
-Siegfried Giedion’s “anonymous history” (1948)
-Bernard Rudolfsky’s “Non-Pedigreed Architecture” (1965)
Also work by other artists of the period showing similarities and differences in the styles.
February 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Also work by other artists of the period showing similarities and differences in the styles.
Some incredibly evocative images, great wall text too.
February 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Some incredibly evocative images, great wall text too.
Amazing show on the work of New Deal era illustrator / graphic designer Lester Beall at the Poster House gallery in Manhattan. Closes this weekend!
February 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Amazing show on the work of New Deal era illustrator / graphic designer Lester Beall at the Poster House gallery in Manhattan. Closes this weekend!
Loaf mode: activated
February 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Loaf mode: activated
Retiring this thing! @vitruviusgrind.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Retiring this thing! @vitruviusgrind.bsky.social
Starting a Grapes of Wrath reading group - who’s in?
January 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Starting a Grapes of Wrath reading group - who’s in?
🚨Portions of James C. Scott’s personal library are for sale at Grey Matter books in New Haven. 🚨
January 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
🚨Portions of James C. Scott’s personal library are for sale at Grey Matter books in New Haven. 🚨
Inside is wild too
January 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Inside is wild too