The legitimacy of modern architecture
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
The Philosophical Forum
Publication Date
Summer 5-10-2004
Volume
35
Issue
2
First Page
135
Last Page
146
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
Abstract
Roger Scruton's The Classical Vernacular: Architectural Principles in an Age of Nihilism is a collection of essays that together make up a forceful and elaborate attack on modern architecture. The collection is not intended as a manifesto for a new movement that is supposed to succeed, "cross out," or "reinscribe” modern architecture. Although Scruton mainly refers to the founding fathers of modern architecture (Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe) there is no reason to think that he is more appreciative of later trends. After all, as an alternative to modern architecture, Scruton does not propose postmodern or neomodern architecture, but a vernacular architecture, as realized in Georgian London. (The concept of a vernacular architecture will be elucidated in duecourse.)
DOI
10.1111/j.0031-806X.2004.00166.x
E-ISSN
14679191
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Language
English
Recommended Citation
De Clercq, R. (2004). The legitimacy of modern architecture. The Philosophical Forum, 35(2), 135-146. doi: 10.1111/j.0031-806X.2004.00166.x