CONTENTS
AUTHOR'S NOTE ix
TABLE OF CONTENTS xi
FOREWORD BY ROBERT A. M. STERN xviii
PREFACE - THE ART OF MAKING PLACES xxi
IASPECTS OF MODERNITY 1
INTRODUCTION
CONTEMPORARY PROSPECTS
FROM POLITICAL PLURALISM TO ARCHITECTURAL PLURALITY
THE AUTHORITY OF THE ARCHITECT IN A DEMOCRACY
TOWARD A COEXISTENCE OF DOCTRINES
THE ARCHITECT'S CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE
II. NATURE OF THE ARCHITECTURAL OBJECT 25
RES PUBL1CA • RES PR1VATA
NAMEABLE OBJECTS AND SO-CALLED OBJECTS
DEFINITION OF THE ARCHITECTURAL OBJECT
TRUE AND FALSE MONUMENTS
TECHNOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION
SUMMARY OF TERMS AND CONCEPTS
Modernity,modernism,tradition
Typology,type,composition
Invention,innovation,discovery
Traditional architecture:vernacular building and classical architecture
Region and style
III. CRITIQUE OF A MODERNIST IDEOLOGY 57
HOW TO MAKE THE EASY DIFFICULT BY WAY OF
THE USELESS"
MODERNISM OR THE ANTICONFORMISM OF THE ESTABLISHMENT HISTORICISM AND MODERNISM MODERNISM AND PROGRESS
THE APORIA OF MODERNISM
MODERNISM AND EXPERIMENTALISM
MODERNISM AND FUNCTIONALISM
MODERNISM AND FORMALISM
ZEITGEIST
MODERNISM AND MEMORY
MODERNISM AND CONSERVATION: THE CHARTER OF VENICE
AND DOCOMOMO AFTER MODERNISM GAINED IN TRANSLATION
PROSPECTS FOR A NEW URBANISM 95
FORMS OF URBAN OVEREXPANSION
ECOLOGY AND URBANISM , THE VITAL LINK
CRITIQUE OF INDUSTRIAL PLANNING AND FUNCTIONAL ZONING
THE URBANIZATION OF THE SUBURBS
New areas for urban development and the internal growth of cities THE NEED TO REFORM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THE MASTERPLAN, A DEFINITION THE MASTERPLAN, A TOOL OF PUBLIC INTEREST
THE POLYCENTRIC CITY OF URBAN COMMUNITIES 131
CITIES WITHIN THE CITY STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
urban quarter, borough, city, metropolis CITY AND LANDSCAPE SUSTAINABILITY STRUCTURE AND FORM OF THE URBAN QUARTER
size , plan, skyline GEOMETRY OF URBAN PATTERNS
SITING OF BUILDINGS ON SQUARES, STREETS, AND BLOCKS TYPE, SHAPE, AND CHARACTER OF URBAN SPACES SINGLE-LOT BLOCKS "'MULTI-LOT BLOCKS AND THEIR
ARCHITECTURE HIERARCHY OF PUBLIC SPACES AND CIRCULATION HIERARCHY
THE POLYCENTRIC ZONING OF FUNCTIONS
BUILDING HEIGHTS
IN PRAISE OF TOWERS
CRITICAL PROBLEMS OF PLOT-RATIOS
ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING OF PUBLIC SPACES
VI.WASHINGTON DC: AN UNFINISHED CANVAS 201
WASHINGTON DC, A GLOBAL ECOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION
REBIRTH OF THE AMERICAN CITY
ON CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE AND VERNACULAR BUILDING
VII. THE MODERNITY OF TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE 233
TRADITIONAL CULTURE AND THE IDEA OF PROGRESS
ARCHITECTURE AND POLITICS
WHY ARCHITECTURE MATTERS TO YOU!
THE DESTINY OF TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE
THE PERENNIAL VALUES OF THE PRINCIPLES
OF TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE
THE NEW , THE UNIQUE , THE TECTONIC, THE ORIGINAL NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC MATERIALS VENUSTAS , FIRMITAS, UTILITAS
VIII UNIVERSAL USEFULNESS OF MODERN CRAFT INDUSTRY
OR THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 265
CRITIQUE OF THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF BUILDINGS THE EVALUATION OF BUILDINGS BY THEIR WHOLE LIFE CYCLE KNOWLEDGE OR KNOW-HOW: THE NEED FOR MODERN CRAFTSMANSHIP
IX THE ARCHITECTURAL TUNING OF SETTLEMENTS 287
THE ARCHITECTURAL TUNING OF SETTLEMENTS
X DRAWING TO REALITY 323
WHY I PRACTICE CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE AND TRADITIONAL URBANISM
SCt'LlTURE PODIUM, BARCELONA, SPAIN
TOWER BLOCK RENOVATION, ALESSANDRIA, ITALY
ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, SINTRA, PORTUGAL
THE SEASIDE PRIZE
ROBERT DAVIS LAUDATIO
KRIER HOUSE, SEASIDE, FLORIDA, USA
CITTA NUOVA, ALESSANDRIA, ITALY
WINDSOR VILLAGE HALL, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, USA
BRASSERIE AGAPE, VAL D'EUROPE, FRANCE
THE JORGE M. PEREZ ARCHITECTURE CENTER,
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, USA THE RICHARD H. DRIEHAUS PRIZE FOR CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE JAQUE ROBERTSON LAUDATIO HAMEAU-DES-PINS, HARDELOT, FRANCE POUNDBURY, DORCHESTER, DORSET, UK
AFTERWORDS 437
CONCLUSION
THE LAST WORD by JAMES HOWARD KUNSTLER
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