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 • Regionalism: Lessons from Algeria and the Middle East Kenza Boussora 110 120 Postmodern Regionalism: Alienation, Historicism, and Analysis 128 . 140 146 156 170 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 178 188 194 204 214 224 236 244 252 258 270 276 280 288 292 310 320 326 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 334 340 350 362 368 374 386 394 410 420 428 432 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 446 Notes 456 460 461 Selected Bibliography Illustration Credits Index