Contributions

  • Steil, Lucien, author - Contributor
  • Charles, Prince of Wales, 1948-, writer of added commentary - Contributor
  • Krier, Léon, writer of preface - Contributor

Publication

2013 - Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

80,000 words, Guess

Page Count

320 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100847840808
  • ISBN-139780847840809
  • OCLC Control Number870904756
  • Better World Books9780847840809
  • Open LibraryOL44678048M

Classifications

  • DDC724/.7
  • LCCNA689.C55 S24 2013
  • LCCNA208

Alternate Titles

  • Timeless building for the twenty-first century

Description

"A comprehensive overview of current trends in classicist and vernacular architecture. This book presents 130 projects that reconsider what it means to practice as a traditional architect in the twenty-first century, including a substantial body of work from non-Western countries as well as work by contemporary masters of classical design such as Robert A. M. Stern, Allan Greenberg, Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Quinlan and Francis Terry. The projects assembled here highlight the awareness of a sustainable localism and the continuity of traditional building crafts on a global scale and reveal the resilience and originality of traditional building cultures despite the enormous economic and cultural pressures of contemporary development. This is an optimistic vision of a new breed of traditional architects who endeavor to enrich the future while honoring the past"--Amazon.com, viewed March 4, 2014.

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