The year 1992 was a milestone in the long debate between the Classical and Modernist camps, as it witnessed the unprecedented coincidence of two major classical exhibitions on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean: 'A Vision of Europe', which was inaugurated by HRH The Prince of Wales on 29th September at the appropriately classical setting of San Giorgio in Poggiale in the heart of Bologna; and 'Building America - Conference on the work of Emerging Classical Architects', held on 30th October, organised by the newly-formed Classical Architecture League at the stately Greek Revival Lyceum in Alexandria, Virginia. This book features the compiled work from the exhibitions, together with the symposium transcripts. The material makes it clear that the new classicism has moved beyond the realm of the esquisse - everywhere, classical and traditional buildings are being erected. Comparative study of the American and British interpretations of classicism. Introduced by well-known theorist and practitioner Demetri Porphyries. Foreword for The 'Vision of Europe' by HRH The Prince of Wales. Highlights the latest projects by leading figures in New Classicism including Robert Stern, John Simpson, Rob Krier and Allan Greenberg. Essays by David Watkin, Carroll William Westfall, and Thomas Gordon Smith lay out the new directions charted by this book.
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This lavish volume on contemporary classical architecture is based on papers delivered at two widely publicized exhibitions held in 1992, one in Italy, the other in the United States. The former, A Vision of Europe , was endorsed by none other than Prince Charles and focused primarily on urban planning issues. The latter, highlighting individual projects of emerging classical architects, was organized by the newly formed Classical Architecture League. Fourteen essays, some illuminating, some not, address the appropriateness of classical architecture for the next century; these are interspersed with color photographs and drawings of new classical projects, both built and unbuilt. Even if one disagrees with the premise that classical architecture is the wave of the future, this book is likely to attract widespread attention. For informed readers.
- H. Ward Jandl, National Park Svc., Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- H. Ward Jandl, National Park Svc., Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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It is time to take stock of the current architectural milieu. Our cities, as is so blatantly obvious, are in dire need of restoration. Our countryside is quickly disappearing. Our buildings are mere objects of ephemeral vanity. The solution is not found in technology, as the technocrats would have us believe. Certainly, the answer cannot be found in the vagaries of modernist thought found in the so-called academies of architecture as the theorists would have us swallow. The path to the solution lies not in the pseudo-intellectual jargon of reckless, and perverted deconstructivists, but rather the way can be found all around. One just has to look closely without the blinders provided by the architectural establishment. Who cares what the New York Times Architectural Critic has to say if the layperson cannot possibly comprehend what the "edge of between" means? No one with any common sense. Common sense. Useful term in this instance, since it is exactly that very idea that is found in Building Cities. The answer lies in the traditions passed down to us through time whose principles are always applicable. Common sense is at the core of finding that the way we are currently building has failed us as a society, and done more harm to our environment than the centuries previous to the 20th century combined. Building Cities brings to light the foundations of what the Traditional City has meant to millenia of people, and how its principles can be applied to ameliorate the current condition for generations to follow. All it takes is common sense. Common sense to realize modernism has failed miserably.
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