The Architecture of Community

About this book

Leon Krier is one of the best-knownand most provocativearchitects and urban theoreticians in the world. Until now however his ideas have circulated mostly among a professional audience of architects city planners and academics. In The Architecture of Community Krier has reconsidered and expanded writing from his 1998 book Architecture: Choice or Fate. Here he refines and updates his thinking on the making of sustainable humane and attractive villages towns and cities. The book includes drawings diagrams and photographs of his built works which have not been widely seen until now. With three new chapters The Architecture of Community provides a contemporary road map for designing or completing todays fragmented communities. Illustrated throughout with Kriers original drawings The Architecture of Community explains his theories on classical and vernacular urbanism and architecture while providing practical design guidelines for creating livable towns. The book contains descriptions and images of the authors built and unbuilt projects including the Krier House and Tower in Seaside Florida as well as the town of Poundbury in England. Commissioned by the Prince of Wales in 1988 Kriers design for Poundbury in Dorset has become a reference model for ecological planning and building that can meet contemporary needs.