All articles about tradition
Reculer pour mieux sauter
At many moments in history architects have turned to the built past to arrive at new architectural solutions. The opening essay of this issue of DASH takes us on a journey past some distinctive examples from over a century of recent history.
Modern in Intention?
Paul Schmitthenner propagated an alternative new architecture in the Germany of the 1920s, one based on ratio and Typisierung, or standardization, yet retaining some of the core values of the German
house. Later maligned as a Nazi sympathizer, it is easy to forget his great influence on both building practices and the renowned Stuttgarter Schule. Besides, were his solutions really less effective?
Port Grimaud
During the post-war years French architect François Spoerry fiercely rejected modernism in general and the work of Corbusier in particular. He confronted the ‘myth’ of modernism,…