Old & New Architecture
Old & New Architecture: Design Relationship
National Trust for Historic Preservation
The Preservation Press, February 1981
Paperback | 9-1/4 x 11-1/4 inches | 280 pages | 400+ illustrations | English | ISBN: 0891330976 | $15.95
Publisher Description:
One of the most complex and controversial architectural problems of today is what relationship new architecture should bear to it's surroundings. Should new buildings imitate adjacent historical styles" Or should they starkly contrast with their neighbors to proclaim their modernity" Can formulas quantify desirable relationships between old and new" These are a few of the questions explored in this provocative book ? the first to bring together the often contrasting viewpoints of 20 of the country's most respected architects and preservationists.
Among the contributors who address the aesthetic, legal and practical problems of relating to old and new are Michael Graves, Peter Blake, Louis Sauer, Jean Paul Carlhian, Giorgio Cavaglieri, James Stewart Polshek, Samuel Wilson, Jr., Weiming Lu and Paul Goldberger. More than 400 illustrations show residential, commercial and public buildings designed to solve this age-old problem....dDAB Commentary:
After writing the other day about Why Old Places Matter: How Historic Places Affect Our Identity and Well-Being by Thompson Mayes from the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP), I couldn't help but take another look at Old and New Architecture: Desig...
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