Traditional Architecture : Timeless Building for the Twenty-First Century, Ha...

Description: Traditional Architecture : Timeless Building for the Twenty-First Century, Hardcover by Sagharchi, Alireza; Steil, Lucien; Charles, Prince of Wales (FRW); Krier, Leon (INT), ISBN 0847840808, ISBN-13 9780847840809, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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, Andrs 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.

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