Leon Krier

Broschiertes Buch

The Architecture of Community

Beschreibung

Leon Krier is one of the best-known - and most provocative - architects and urban theoreticians in the world. This book provides a contemporary road map for designing or completing fragmented communities. Illustrated throughout with Krier's original drawings, it explains his theories on classical and vernacular urbanism and architecture.

Autor

Born in 1946, Leon Krier was one of the most influential architects teaching and writing today. He taught architecture and urbanism at the Royal College of Arts in London, and in the United States at Princeton University, Yale University, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Virginia. He worked extensively in Europe and North America and is currently consulting on projects in Guatemala, Romania, England, Belgium, Italy, France, and the United States. In 2003, he received the inaugural Richard Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Island Press
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 159mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 904g
• ISBN-13: 9781597265799
• ISBN-10: 1597265799
• Artikelnr.: 26998610