The Time-Defying Nature of Living Architectural Traditions
This article was originally published on Common Edge.
Back Bay, Boston. Image © Steve Mouzon
This article was originally published on Common Edge.
Traditional architecture is perceived as being historical architecture, both by the general public and by design professionals. Put another way, “traditional” = “style.” There’s no awareness of the process of tradition that creates what’s later considered a style. Modernism takes this perception one step further and frames traditional architecture as “not of our time,” and therefore obsolete.
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