Architectural
Regionalism
Collected Writings
on Place, Identity,
Modernity, and
Tradition
Vincent B. Canizaro, editor
Princeton Architectural Press
New York
CONTENTS
Preface: The Promise of Regionalism
Acknowledgments
Introduction
10
14
16
CHAPTER 1: IDEAS IN REGIONALISM
The Regional Motive
Wendell Berry
Universal Civilization and National Cultures
Paul Ricoeur
36
42
CHAPTER 2: CRITICAL POSITIONS IN ARCHITECTURAL REGIONALISM
Positions in Architectural Regionalism
56
Regionalism and Nationalism in Architecture
Harwell Hamilton Harris
Regionalism
Harwell Hamilton Harris
Regionalism and Invention
Lawrence W. Speck
66
70
Critical-Historical Studies in Architectural Regionalism
80
Regionalism in American Architecture
Rexford Newcomb
Excerpts from The South in Architecture
Lewis Mumford
96
Regionalism under Rapid Modernization
102
Regionalism within Modernism
Suha Ozkan
Cultural Continuum and Regional Identity in Architecture
Balkrishna V. Doshi
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Regionalism: Lessons from Algeria and the Middle East
Kenza Boussora
110
120
Postmodern Regionalism: Alienation, Historicism, and Analysis
128
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146
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170
Tradition and Modernity: The Feasibility of Regional Architecture
in Post-Modern Society
Juhani Pallasmaa
^-^-.Critique of Regionalism
Alan Colquhoun
The Concept of Regionalism
Alan Colquhoun
Four Approaches to Regionalism in Architecture
Eleftherios Pavlides
CHAPTER 3: MODERN REGIONALISM: REFERENTIAL REGIONALISM
Toward a Southwestern Architecture
David R. Williams
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280
288
292
310
320
326
Excerpts from Manual for Drivers and Guides Descriptive of the
Indian Watchtower at Desert View and its Relation,
Architecturally, to the Prehistoric Ruins of the Southwest
Mary Colter
Old Forms for New Buildings
John Gaw Meem
The Myth and Power of Place: Hispanic Revivalism in the
American Southwest
David Gebhard
Regionalism and Texas Architecture
Stephen Fox
Neff and Neutra: Regionalism versus Internationalism
James F. O'Gorman
CHAPTER 4: REGIONALISM AND REGIONAL PLANNING
An Appalachian Trail: A Project in Regional Planning
Benton MacKaye
Regional Planning
Lewis Mumford
Excerpts from A Pattern Language
Christopher Alexander
Regional Development: The Architect's Role,
Albert Mayer
Perspectives on Regional Design
Paul D. Spreiregen
CHAPTER 5: REGIONAL MODERNISM: CONFLICT AND MATURATION
Excerpts from Precisions: On the Present State of Architecture
and City Planning
Le Corbusier
Regionalism in Architecture
- Richard J. Neutra
After thelnternational Style-What?
Hugh S. Morrison
The Sky Line: Status Quo
'•"->~-~Lewis Mumford
What is Happening to Modern Architecture?
Museum of Modern Art
The New Regionalism
Sigfried Giedion
The Meaning of Regionalism in Architecture
Pietro Belluschi
Regionalism and Modern Architecture
James Stirling
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340
350
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410
420
428
432
CHAPTER 6: BIOREGIONALISM
Reinhabiting California
Peter Berg and Raymond Dasmann
Living by Life: Some Bioregional Theory and Practice
Jim Dodge
Biotechnology and Regional Integration
Gary J, Coates
Desert Bloom
Michael Haslam
CHAPTER 7: CRITICAL REGIONALISM
Constructive Regionalism
Anthony Alofsin
Ten Points on an Architecture of Regionalism:
A Provisional Polemic
Kenneth Frampton
Critical Regionalism in Houston: A Case for the Menil Collection
Richard Ingersoll
Placing Resistance: A Critique of Critical Regionalism
Keith L. Eggener
CHAPTER 8: REGIONALISMS FOR THE THIRD MILLENNIUM
Becoming Regional over Time: Toward a Reflexive Regionalism
Timothy Cassidy
On Performative Regionalism
Barbara L Allen
Strong Margins
Sarah Wigglesworth and Jeremy Till
Technology, Place, and Nonmodern Regionalism /
Steven A. Moore
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Notes
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460
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Selected Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Index