The Architecture of Community

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Leon Krier is one of the best-knownand most provocativearchitects and urban theoreticians in the world. Until now, however, his ideas have circulated mostly among a professional audience of architects, city planners, and academics. In The Architecture of Community, Krier has reconsidered and expanded writing from his 1998 book Architecture: Choice or Fate. Here he refines and updates his thinking on the making of sustainable, humane, and attractive villages, towns, and cities. The book includes drawings, diagrams, and photographs of his built works, which have not been widely seen until now.

With three new chapters, The Architecture of Community provides a contemporary road map for designing or completing todays fragmented communities. Illustrated throughout with Kriers original drawings, The Architecture of Community explains his theories on classical and vernacular urbanism and architecture, while providing practical design guidelines for creating livable towns.

The book contains descriptions and images of the authors built and unbuilt projects, including the Krier House and Tower in Seaside, Florida, as well as the town of Poundbury in England. Commissioned by the Prince of Wales in 1988, Kriers design for Poundbury in Dorset has become a reference model for ecological planning and building that can meet contemporary needs.

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Table of Content

<div>Authors Note Foreword \ Robert A. M. Stern Preface: The Art of Making Places PART I. Aspects of Modernity Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Contemporary Prospects Chapter 3. From Political Pluralism to Architectural Plurality Chapter 4. The Authority of the Architect in a Democracy Chapter 5. Toward a Coexistence of Doctrines Chapter 6. The Architects Categorical Imperative PART II. Nature of the Architectural Object Chapter 1. Res Publica GÇó Res Privita Chapter 2. Nameable Objects and So-called Objects Chapter 3. Definition of the Architectural Object Chapter 4. True and False Monuments Chapter 5. Technology and Architectural Expression Chapter 6. Summary of Terms and Concepts -modernity GÇó modernism GÇó tradition -typology GÇó type GÇó composition -invention GÇó innovation GÇó discovery -Traditional architecture: vernacular building and classical architecture -Region and style PART III. Critique of a Modernist Ideology Chapter 1. ""How to Make the Easy Difficult by Way of the Useless"" Chapter 2. Modernism and the Anticonformism of the Establishment Chapter 3. Historicism and Modernism Chapter 4. Modernism and Progress Chapter 5. The Aporia of Modernism Chapter 6. Modernism and Experimentalism Chapter 7. Modernism and Functionalism Chapter 8. Modernism and Formalism Chapter 9. Zeitgeist Chapter 10. Modernism and Memory Chapter 11. Modernism and Conservation: The Charter of Venice and Docomomo Chapter 12. After Modernism Chapter 13. Gained in Translation PART IV. Prospects for a New Urbanism Chapter 1. Forms of Urban Overexpansion Chatper 2. Ecology and Urbanism GÇó The Vital Link Chapter 3. Critique of Industrial Planning and Functional Zoning Chapter 4. The Urbanization of the Suburbs -New areas for urban development and the internal growth of cities Chapter 5. The Need to Reform Development Programs Chapter 6. The Masterplan, a Definition Chapter 7. The Masterplan, a Tool of Public Interest PART V. The Polycentric City of Urban Communities Chapter 1. Cities within the City Structural Components -urban quarter GÇó borough GÇó city GÇó metropolis Chatper 2. City and Landscape Sustainability Chapter 3. Structure and Form of the Urban Quarter -size GÇó plan GÇó skyline Chapter 4. Geometry of Urban Patterns Chapter 5. Siting of Buildings on Squares, Streets, and Blocks Chapter 6.Type, Shape, and Character of Urban Spaces Chapter 7. Single-lot Blocks GÇó Multi-lot Blocks and their Architecture Chapter 8. Hierarchy of Public Spaces and Circulation Hierarchy Chapter 9. The Polycentric Zoning of Functions Chapter 10. Building Heights Chapter 11. In Praise of Towers Chapter 12. Critical Problems of Plot-ratios Chapter 13. Artificial Lighting of Public Spaces PART VI. Washington DC: An Unfinished Canvas Chapter 1. Washington DC, a Global Ecological Reconstruction Chapter 2. Rebirth of the American City Chapter 3. On Classical Architecture and Vernacular Building PART VII. The Modernity of Traditional Architecture Chapter 1. Traditional Culture and the Idea of Progress Chapter 2. Architecture and Politics Chapter 3. Whe Architecture Matters to You! Chapter 4. The Destiny of Traditional Architecture Chapter 5. The Perennial Values of the Principles of Traditional Architecture Chapter 6. The New GÇó The Unique GÇó The Tectonic GÇó The Original Chapter 7. Natural and Synthetic Materials Chapter 8. Venustas GÇó Firmitas GÇó Utilitas PART VIII. Universal Usefulness of Modern Craft Industry or the Fourth Industrial Revolution Chapter 1. Critique of the Industrialization of Buildings Chapter 2. The Evaluation of Buildings by their Whole Life Cycle Chapter 3. Knowledge of Know-how: The Need for Modern Craftsmanship PART IX. The Architectural Tuning of Settlements Chapter 1. The Architectural Tuning of Settlements PART X. Drawing to Reality Chapter 1. Why I Practice Classical Architecture and Traditional Urbanism Chapter 2. Sculpture Podium, Barcelona, Spain Chapter 3. Tower Block Renovation, Alessandria, Italy Chapter 4. Archeological Museum, Sintra, Portugal Chapter 5. The Seaside Prize Chapter 6. Robert Davis Laudatio Chapter 7. Krier House, Seaside, Florida, USA Chapter 8. Citt+á Nuova, Alessandria, Italy Chapter 9. Windsor Village Hall, Vero Beach, Florida, USA Chapter 10. Brasserie Agape, Val DEurope, France Chapter 11. The Jorge M. Perez Architectural Center, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA Chapter 12. The Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture Chapter 13. Jaque Robertson Laudatio Chapter 14. Hameau-des-Pins, Hardelot, France Chapter 15. Poundbury, Dorchester, Dorset, UK Afterwords Conclusion The Last Word \ James Howard Kuntsler Index Photo Credits Authors Biography Other Publications Editors Biographies</div>

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