Tradition and Invention in Architecture: Conversations and Essays

Among practicing architects today, perhaps only Robert A. M. Stern once contemplated a career as a historian, an interest that has informed both his built work and his writings. Tradition and Invention in Architecture brings together 26 of Stern’s essays and conversations from the past five decades. Topics range from modern classicism, American housing, gardens, and New York City to the work of Norman Foster, Louis Kahn, Charles Moore, and Robert Moses. Reminders of Stern’s own broad career in architecture are found in his thoughts on his PBS television series Pride of Place, his discussion of the planning of Seaside and Celebration, Florida, and his view on institutional branding through architecture. Known as much for his candor as for his profound knowledge of American architecture, Stern’s observations on the architecture of his time are equally valuable. As he writes, “For an architect, writing is one way of reconsidering history while working in the present-always in search of the best from the past and the present, which allows us to invent for the future.

Details

Keywords

Architecture

Type

Book

Place of publication

New Haven, Connecticut

Year

2011

Number of pages

189 pages

Language

English

ISBN

9780300181159

Open stacks or available on request

Open stacks

Illustrations

Yes

Bibliography

No

UDC code and author sign

720.2 Ste

Volumes

1

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