New Classicism: The Rebirth of Traditional Architecture

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2004. Cloth, 240 pages, colour illustrations; 32 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to boards & dust jacket. Protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "New Classicism provides an in-depth look at a form of design that appeared lost forever with the rise of modernism in architecture. But now, with an intense revival of interest in classical design, and with the demise in popularity of the subsequent postmodernism, new vigor has infused traditional forms and motifs. Focusing on approximately thirty projects by the best classically oriented firms in the United States and Britain, New Classicism examines this burgeoning new vogue for the many varieties of traditional classical design. The result is a dazzling array of highly disciplined and high-profile classical designs, ranging from the exquisite work of John Blateau and Alan Greenberg's eighteenth-century-inspired reconfiguration of the interiors of the U.S. State Department to the Nashville public library designed by Robert A. M. Stern and projects from the classical-design program at the University of Notre Dame. / Elizabeth Meredith Dowling is a registered architect and associate professor of architecture at Georgia Institute of Technology, and author of American Classicist: The Architecture of Philip Trammell Shutze, published by Rizzoli." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Collectible.