The Living Tradition of Architecture

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*The Living Tradition of Architecture* 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. About the Author José de Paiva (editor), born in Lisbon, graduated from the Escola de Artes Decorativas Antonio Arroio in 1991, and from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon in 1997 (Lisbon School). He holds an MPhil and a PhD by the University of Cambridge and has taught at Cambridge, and more recently as Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania (PennDesign). In London since 2012, he is the author of Fragments towards a Theology of Architecture (2015). Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgements Eric Parry Preface José de Paiva The Living Tradition of Architecture Daniel Libeskind “Remembrance of Things Past” I The background of architecture as living tradition Werner Oechslin “Prudentia non est scientia” Joseph Rykwert Model, Type and the Great Church Mari Hvattum Goethe Blindfolded Karsten Harries Beauty, Nostalgia, Hope: The pulpit in Oppolding Robin Middleton Ideas on Movement in Architecture in Britain and France during the Eighteenth Century II The modern transmission of architectural knowledge and experience Kenneth Frampton Towards an Ontological Architecture: A philosophical excursus Gabriele Bryant Modern Aesthetics and the Machine: Technology and the Gesamtkunstwerk in early twentieth-century Germany Alberto Pérez-Gómez Le Corbusier’s La Tourette and the Hermeneutic Imagination David Leatherbarrow Rule and Law – Architecture and Nature: Kahn’s design for the St Andrew’s Priory III Coming to terms with the conditions for contemporary practice Dagmar Weston ‘The Language of Stones’: Towards a situated architecture in the design studio Christian Frost Tradition and Historicism in the Remodelling of Tate Britain Patrick Lynch Civic Bodies: Lynch Architects at Victoria Street Stephen Witherford “Half of it is not necessarily in ruins” Curricula vitæ Endnotes Index Image credits Bibliography Plates