The living tradition of architecture / Alberto Pérez-Gómez, Christian Frost, Dagmar Weston, David Leatherbarrow, Gabriele Bryant, Joseph Rykwert, Karsten Harries, Kenneth Frampton, Mari Hvattum, Patrick Lynch, Robin Middleton, Stephen Witherford, Werner Oechslin ; preface by Eric Parry ; dedication by Daniel Libeskind ; edited with an introduction by José de Paiva.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Paiva, José de (Architect), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture and history.

Physical Description:

xii, 369 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

The Living Tradition of Architecture explores the depth of architecture as it takes flesh in the living tradition of building, dwelling and thinking. This is a timely appraisal of the field by some of its foremost contributors. Beyond modern misconceptions about tradition only relating to things past and conducive to a historicist vision, the essays in this volume reveal tradition as a living continuity and common ground of reference for architecture. This collection of essays brings together world-leading scholars, practicing architects and educators, Alberto Pérez-Gómez, Christian Frost, Dagmar Weston, Daniel Libeskind, David Leatherbarrow, Eric Party, Gabriele Bryant, Joseph Rykwert, Karsten Harries, Kenneth Frampton, Man Hvattum, Patrick Lynch, Robin Middleton, Stephen Witherford, and Werner Oechslin, in a single celebratory publication edited by Jose de Paiva and dedicated to Dalibor Vesely. This book provides a unique initiative reflecting the group's understanding of the contemporary situation, revealing an ongoing debate of central relevance to architecture. Book jacket.

Contents:

The Living Tradition of Architecture / José de Paiva Paiva, José de 1

"Remembrance of Things Past" / Daniel Libeskind Libeskind, Daniel 21

I The background of architecture as living tradition

"Prudentia non est scientia" / Werner Oechslin Oechslin, Werner 30

Model, Type and the Great Church / Joseph Rykwert Rykwert, Joseph 67

Goethe Blindfolded / Mari Hvattum Hvattum, Mari 81

Beauty, Nostalgia, Hope: The pulpit in Oppolding / Karsten Harries Harries, Karsten 93

Ideas on Movement in Architecture in Britain and France during the Eighteenth Century / Robin Middleton Middleton, Robin 119

II The modern transmission of architectural knowledge and experience

Towards an Ontological Architecture: A philosophical excursus / Kenneth Frampton Frampton, Kenneth 148

Modern Aesthetics and the Machine: Technology and the Gesamtkunstwerk in early twentieth-century Germany / Gabriels Bryant Bryant, Gabriels 160

Le Corbusier's LaTourette and the Hermeneutic Imagination / Alberto Pérez-Gómez Pérez-Gómez, Alberto 184

Rule and Law - Architecture and Nature: Kahn's design for the St Andrew's Priory / David Leatherbarrow Leatherbarrow, David 200

III Coming to terms with, the conditions for contemporary practice

'The Language of Stones': Towards a situated architecture in the design studio / Dagmar Weston Weston, Dagmar 220

Tradition and Historieism in the Remodelling of Tate Britain / Christian Frost Frost, Christian 247

Civic Bodies: Lynch Architects at Victoria Street / Patrick Lynch Lynch, Patrick 264

"Half of it is not necessarily in ruins" / Stephen Witherford Witherford, Stephen 286.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138640481

1138640484

9781138640504

1138640506

OCLC:

950084293