{"product_id":"tradition-and-invention-in-architecture-conversations-and-essays-9780300181159","title":"Tradition and Invention in Architecture: Conversations and Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eA thought-provoking  elegantly crafted collection of essays by one of architectures most influential figures  Among practicing architects today  perhaps only Robert A. M. Stern once contemplated a career as a historian  an interest that has informed both his built work and his writings. Tradition and Invention in Architecture brings together 26 of Sterns essays and conversations from the past five decades. Topics range from modern classicism  American housing  gardens  and New York City to the work of Norman Foster  Louis Kahn  Charles Moore  and Robert Moses. Reminders of Sterns own broad career in architecture are found in his thoughts on his PBS television series Pride of Place  his discussion of the planning of Seaside and Celebration  Florida  and his view on institutional branding through architecture. Known as much for his candor as for his profound knowledge of American architecture  Sterns observations on the architecture of his time are equally valuable. As he writes  \"For an architect  writing is one way of reconsidering history while working in the presentalways in search of the best from the past and the present  which allows us to invent for the future.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648061661237,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300181159","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300181159.jpg?v=1781708479","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/tradition-and-invention-in-architecture-conversations-and-essays-9780300181159","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}