WRITINGS
Articles by James Rossant
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2009 - Letter to the Editor on "The Anarchy of Success," New York Review of Books (November 19, 2009 - Volume 56, Number 18)
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2006 - "On Jane Jacobs in 1956," Letter in Harvard Design Magazine (Fall 2006/Winter 2007)
- 2006 - "In Response" in eOculus of AIA NY (January 9, 2006), commenting on Michael Sorkin's "A New Plan For Ground Zero" (December 20, 2005) - with further "In Response from Tom Zabriskie (January 23, 2006)
- 2003 - "Venice's Face" in The New York Times, p. F9 (March 13, 2003)
- 2002 - "Drawings from Cities of the Plain and Cities in the Sky" in the St. Anne's Review for September 2001 (Brooklyn: February 2002)
- 2002 - "Learning from Reston" in Landscape Archtecture, pp. 123-124 (March 2002)
- 1998 - "From Boston to New York, Cities Are Changing" in The New York Times, p. 26, (November 4, 1998)
- 1996 - "The Planning of Dodoma, Capital of Tanzania," published paper given at the "The Planning of Capital Cities: The Seventh International Planning History Conference" of the International Planning History Society at Aristotle University (Thessaloniki, Greece: October 17-20, 1996)
- 1993 - "Las Ciudades en el Cielo: Una Realidad Cercana" by James Rossant and Dolores Soriano in El Universal (Mexico, DF: February 24, 1993)
- 1993 - "To Keep Memories, Keep Ellis Island Buildings" in The New York Times, abstract, p. 22 (January 25, 1992)
- 1991 - "Why Fifth Avenue Is in Every Way No Place for Newsstands" in The New York Times, abstract, p. A30 (January 18, 1991)
- 1989 - "Commission Preserves Standards for Public Art" in The New York Times, abstract, p. A14 (July 31, 1989)
- 1988 - "Giant Glass Weed Has Sprung Up in Queens" in The New York Times, abstract, p. A30 (October 4, 1988)
- 1986 - "Ellis Island Conference Center, for New Ideas for the Future" in The New York Times, abstract, p. A34 (March 14, 1986)
- 1985 - Paper for panel entitled "The Planned Environment: Structural and Natural Beauty" during Reston: A Symposium (Reston: Sheraton International Conference Center, May 1985)
- 1984 - "The Open Synagogue: Architectonic vs. Readymade in Faith and Form
- 1981 - "Urban Design for the National Capital Center," published paper (Dar Es Salaam: 1981)
- 1979 - "The Lively and Versatile Lofts of New York's SoHo" in the AIA Journal
- 1977 - "The Beaux Arts Exhibition" in Oppositions (Spring 1977)
- 1976 - "America's Best Known New Town Nears Adolescence" in the AIA Journal cover and p. 30 (September 1976)
- 1971 - "Why Aren't Good Buildings Being Built?" transcript from Firing Line with William F. Buckley, Jr., and guest Ada Louise Huxtable (November 2, 1971)
- 1967 - "Reston vs Columbia" in Architectural Forum (November 1967)
- 1965 - "The New Town & Major Spaces" in Progressive Architecture, pp. 192-200 (June 1965)
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Articles about James Rossant
- 2010 - "John Diebboll, Who Designed Offbeat Pianos, Is Dead at 54," New York Times - (December 6, 2010)
- 2010 - "A Straight Razor, a Warm Towel, a Fading Art," New York Times - (November 14, 2010)
- 2010 - "James Rossant, Noted Architect and Planner, Dies at 81," Architectural Record (January 10, 2010) (click here to read)
- 2009 - "James Rossant, Architect and Planner, Dies at 81," New York Times (December 19, 2009) (click here to read)
- 2009 - "In Memoriam: James Rossant," in Super Chef (December 18, 2009) (click here to read article)
- 2009 - "Original Reston Planner Dies at 81," Observer (December 18, 2009) (click here to read)
- 2009 - "Hats Off: Reston's Original Master Planner Dies at 81," Restonian (December 16, 2009) (click here to read)
- 2009 - "James Rossant, master planner behind Reston, dies," Washington Business Journal (December 15, 2009) (click here to read)
- 2009 - "James Rossant: l'homme visionnaire," Pays du Perche (June 2009) (click here to read - PDF - French)
- 2009 - "Past Progressives: Greening the City," Architect (March 1, 2009)
- 2008 - "Spare Times," The New York Times (March 14, 2008)
- 2006 - "At a Modernist Landmark, the New Guard Moves In" in The New York Times (October 22, 2006) -- with slideshow
- 2006 - "In Response in eOculus of AIA NY by Tom Zabriskie (January 23, 2006), commenting on James Rossant's "In Response" (January 9, 2006), in turn commenting on Michael Sorkin's "A New Plan For Ground Zero" (December 20, 2005)
- 2005 - "The Cities Inside His Head" [PDF p. 1] [PDF p. 2] in The Independent (December 23, 2005)
- 2005 - "New Delhi: A makeover" in Wadias: News, Views & Analysis (October 12, 2005)
- 2005 - "Les inexactitudes et omissions de M. Pinault," Le Monde (May 25, 2005) - print version
- 2004 - 2004 Honors Nominee (Conklin and Rossant) of the AIA NY Chapter (2004)
- 2004 - "Future Modern Architecture" on Gotham Center (February 11, 2004)
- 2002 - "Book Signing and Reception" for The Lower Manhattan Plan on the Skyscraper Museum website (November 2002)
- 2002 - "Pedall Istikball" by Alptekin Bakr, MTBTR (Istanbul: June 5, 2002)
- 2002 - "New York Openings" in Gallery Guide (April 2002)
- 2002 - "Broad-Spectrum Valentine's Tips" by Ned Vizzini, New York Press (February 12, 2002)
- 2001 - "Hallowed Ground Zero; Competing Plans Hope to Shape a Trade Center Memorial" by Dinitia Smith," The New York Times, abstract / full text, p. E1 (October 25, 2001)
- 2001 - "Just Add Water" by Joseph Giovannini, New York Magazine (July 16, 2001)
- 2000 - "Dim Sum Go Go" in New York Magazine (September 11, 2000)
- 2000 - "Sandra Bullock Buys Rossant Home" in The New York Daily News (January 16, 2000)
- 1999 - "With All Due Respect, the Rehabilitation of Washington Plaza in Reston, Virginia" in Landscape Architecture (March 1999)
- 1998 - "The Call of the Wild: Visionary Drawings of James Rossant" by Laurie Attias in Metropolis (New York: August/September 1998)
- 1998 - "James Rossant: Three Decades of Architecture and Cities" in Journal of the American University of Beirut
- 1998 - "L'Architecte James Rossant et Ses Reves Urbains" by Sarane Alexandrian in Superieur Inconnu No. 11/12 (Paris: Juillet-Decembre 1998)
- 1997 - "A Look Back And Ahead At Oklahoma City Site" by Sam Howe Verovek, The New York Times, abstract, p. 20 (April 20, 1997)
- 1997 - "Results for Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Competition" on ArchE+/BBZine
- 1996 - Sculpture: The Rest of Reston by Phyllis Hattis, 8 pages (December 13, 1996)
- 1996 - "Crowning an Apartment Building;Two Toppers On Fifth Ave." in The New York Times, Real Estate Desk Section 9 page 1 (January 14, 1996)
- 1995 - "Julian Whittlesey, Archeologist And Architect, 89" by J. Michael Elliott, The New York Times, abstract, p. B11 (May 23, 1995)
- 1995 - "Cities of the Plain: The Urban Fantasies and Caprices of James Rossant" by Arthur C. Danto, [UNPUBLISHED?]
- 1995 - "James Rossant et ses Dessins" by Jean Perrand in Le Point (Paris: March 18, 1995)
- 1995 - "Previews of the Future: The Paintings of James Rossant" in Brutus (Tokyo: 1995)
- 1994 - "Moving Experience" in Architectural Record (New York: McGraw Hill, January 1994)
- 1994 - "Synagogue Spaces Expand with Dignity" in Progressive Architecture (September 1994)
- 1994 - "Sutopya and James Rossant" in Yasanasanati (Istanbul: 1994)
- 1993 - "Architectura Sin Fin: exposicion de James Rossant" in Unomas Uno (Mexico, DF: February 25, 1993)
- 1991 - "James Rossant's Cities in the Sky" by Joseph Giovannini as a catalogue essay for Gallery Uega (Tokyo: 1991)
- 1991 - "The Drawings of James Rossant" by Katsumi Asaba in Resumex for Work Design No. 3 (Tokyo: 1991)
- 1990 - "Rossant's Cities in the Sky" by Mark Alden Branch in Progressive Architecture (June 1990)
- 1990 - "Cities in the Sky: No Structural Problems, No Client and No Gravity" by Suzanne Stephens in The New York Times, abstract, p. C3 (May 3, 1990)
- 1989 - "Villas Lucania" in Sun Coast Magazine (July 1989)
- 1989 - "Machine in the Garden" in Progressive Architecture (March 1989)
- 1988 - "Give Manhattan Chauvinism a Bronx Chee" by H. Alan Hoguland, The New York Times, abstract, p. A30 (October 18, 1988)
- 1988 - "New York Money" in Brutus (Tokyo: January 15, 1988)
- 1984 - "The 1984 Show" Catalog in The Village Voice, pp. 112-113
- 1984 - "Streamlined Corner (Just Bulbs)" in Architecture Quarterly
- 1981 - "New York's SoHo: Architecture Capital" in Urban Design International
- 1981 - "A Schoolhouse in Manhattan" in Architectural Record (October 1981)
- 1981 - "La Tanzania Cambia Capitale" in Domus (February 1981)
- 1980 - "Images Never Meant to be Built" in AIA Journal (January 1980)
- 1980 - "James Rossant Drawings from SoHo" by Martin della Paolera in Dos Puntos (Buenos Aires: 1980)
- 1979 - "Tanzania Moves Its Capital" in the Architectural Record (December 1979)
- 1979 - "Top Postwar Apartment Buildings; Butterfield House" by Paul Goldberger, The New York Times, abstract, p. C1 (September 20, 1979)
- 1977 - "Monument East: Baltimore, Maryland" in Architectural Record (May 1977)
- 1976 - "Myriad Gardens" in Baumeister (August 1976)
- 1977 - "The City's Top 10 Apartment Buildings; The Top 10: Great City Apartment Building" by Paul Goldberger, The New York Times, abstract, pp. 69-70 (October 6, 1977)
- 1976 - "Design" by Paul Goldberger, The New York Times, abstract, p. 208 (June 6, 1976)
- 1976 - "Current Architectural Exhibition by James Rossant" by Paul Goldberger in The New York Times (June 4, 1976)
- 1976 - "The Shrinking Window; Smaller Rooms, Smaller Windows" by Carter B. Horsely, The New York Times, abstract, pp. 212-213 (May 9, 1976)
- 1973 - "Reston" in in Architectural Record (December 1973)
- 1973 - "Myriad Gardens, First Award Winner" in Progressive Architecture, cover and lead article (January 1973)
- 1971 "Introduction a l'anachronisme" by Alain Jouffroy in Les Lettres Francaises, No. 1369 (January 1971)
- 1966 "Architecture" by Ervin Galantay in The Nation (Volume 203 / Issue 0020 of December 12, 1966)
- 1966 "Sculpture, the Rest of Reston" by Phyllis Hattis in Connection (Harvard Art School: Fall 1966)
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Books by James Rossant
Books mentioning James Rossant
- 2004 - Guide to New York City Landmarks by w York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2004)
- 2001 - American Architecture: A History by Leland M. Roth (Boulder: Westview Press, 2001)
- 2001 - The Unfinished Bombing: Oklahoma City in American Memory by Edward Tabor Linenthal (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001)
- 2000 - The Bronx in Print: An Annotated Catalogue of Books, Dissertations, Pamphlets, Scripts and Manuscripts About the Bronx edited by Gray Hermalyn (New York: Bronx Historical Society, 2000)
- 1997 - Battery Park City: Planning & Politics on the New York Waterfront by David L. Gordon (Amsterdam: Overseas Publishers Association, 1997)
- 1996 - Post-Modern Urbanism by Nan Ellin (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1996)
- 1996 - Source Book of American Architecture: 500 Notable Buildings from the 10th Century to the Present by G. E. Kidder Smith (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1996)
- 1993 - The Urban Pattern by Simon Eisner and Arthur Gallion (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1993)
- 1993 - Idealists, Scoundrels, and the Lady: An Insider's View of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Project by F. Ross Holland (Chicago: Board of Trustees of Illinois, 1993)
- 1990 - A History of Housing in New York by Richard Plunz (New York: Columbia University Press, 1990)
- 1985 - Reston, the First 20 Years by Tom Grubisich (New York: Prentice Hall, 1985)
- 1984 - Small Kitchens by Robin Murrel, pp. 108-113 (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984)
- 1982 - An Introduction to Urban Design by Jonathan Barnett, pp. 89-90 (New York: Harper & Row, 1982)
- 1969 New Directions in American Architecture by Robert A. M. Stern and George Braziller (Studio Vista: 1969)
- 1968 - The Last Landscape by William H. Whyte (Garden City: Doubleday, 1968; reprint Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002)
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