New Vernacular Architecture

• Main Author: Richardson, Vicky (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Laurence King Publishing 2001
• Subjects: Vernacular architecture; Architecture, Modern > 20th century
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• Physical Description: 240 pages illustrations (chiefly colour), plans 30 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 1856692213; 9781856692212

Considering the synthesis of modernity and tradition in contemporary architecture, this book focuses on 37 buildings completed in the 1990s. It examines a broad range of examples of international architecture that reinterprets rather than revives traditional forms, materials and construction techniques. The projects covered in this study range from better-known works by renowned architects such as Michael Graves, Renzo Piano and David Chipperfield, to less familiar buildings in Hungary, Nepal, Latvia and elsewhere. The fragmentation of nation-states and increasing plurality of political and cultural identities have led to a growing reaction in architecture against "global blanding" - the world-wide homogenization of images and designs. As a result, local context, materials and culture have become increasingly important concerns for architects, whose designs are now seen by the public as lending form to evolving regional identity.