Living Tradition of Architecture

<p><em>The Living Tradition of Architecture</em><b> </b>explores the depth of architecture as it takes flesh in the living tradition of building, dwelling and thinking. This is a timely appraisal of the field by some of its foremost contributors. Beyond modern misconceptions about tradition only relating to things past and conducive to a historicist vision, the essays in this volume reveal tradition as a living continuity and common ground of reference for architecture. This collection of essays brings together world-leading scholars, practicing architects and educators, Alberto Pérez-Gómez, Christian Frost, Dagmar Weston, Daniel Libeskind, David Leatherbarrow, Eric Parry, Gabriele Bryant, Joseph Rykwert, Karsten Harries, Kenneth Frampton, Mari Hvattum, Patrick Lynch, Robin Middleton, Stephen Witherford, and Werner Oechslin, in a single celebratory publication edited by José de Paiva and dedicated to Dalibor Vesely. This book provides a unique initiative reflecting the group’s understanding of the contemporary situation, revealing an ongoing debate of central relevance to architecture.</p> <p>Acknowledgements Preface <em>Eric Parry </em> The Living Tradition of Architecture <em>Jose de Paiva </em> "Remembrance of Things Past" <em>Daniel Libeskind</em> <b>Part 1: The Background of Architecture as Living Tradition </b>"Prudentia non est Scientia" <em>Werner Oechslin</em> Model, Type and the Great Church <em>Joseph Rykwert </em> Goethe Blindfolded <em>Mari Hvattum</em> Beauty, Nostalgia, Hope: The pulpit in Oppolding <em>Karsten Harries</em> Ideas on Movement in Architecture in Britain and France during the Eighteenth Century <em>Robin Middleton</em> <b>Part 2: The Modern Transmission of Architectural Knowledge and Experience </b>Towards an Ontological Architecture: A philosophical excursus <em>Kenneth Frampton</em> Modern Aesthetics and the Machine: Technology and the Gesamtkunstwerk in early twentieth-century Germany <em>Gabriele Bryant</em> Le Corbusier’s La Tourette and the Hermeneutic Imagination <em>Alberto Perez-Gomez </em> Rule and Law – Architecture and Nature: Kahn’s design for St Andrews Monastery <em>David Leatherbarrow </em> <b>Part 3: Coming to Terms with the Conditions for Contemporary Practice</b> ‘The Language of Stones’: Towards a situated architecture <em>Dagmar Weston</em> Tradition and Historicism in Caruso St John’s Remodeling of Tate Britain <em>Christian Frost</em> Civic Bodies: Lynch Architects at Victoria Street <em>Patrick Lynch </em> "Half of it is not necessarily in ruins" <em>Stephen Witherford</em> Curricula Vita Endnotes Index Image Credits Bibliography</p>