An edition of Architecture in Context
(1980)
Architecture in Context
Fitting new buildings with old
by Brent Brolin
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Architecture in Context: Fitting new buildings with old
1980, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
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Table of Contents
Preface. 4
1. Introduction. 5
How We Arrived at out Present Attitude. 6
A New Way of Seeing. 12
The Thread of Concern for Designing in Context. 13
Post-Modernism and Fitting New Architecture with Old. 15
The Purpose. 17
2. Historical Examples of Successful Fit-Ins. 19
Old Buildings with Landmarks. 20
Old Buildings Next to Older Buildings. 28
Old Buildings with Older Neighborhood or Regional Styles. 32
Conclusion. 37
3. New Buildings with Other New Buildings. 38
4. The Modernist Point of View: Contrasting New with Old. 43
Contrast . . . 45
. . . and the Link. 45
Less Successful Examples. 48
More Successful Examples. 59
5. New Buildings with Nearby Buildings. 61
Less Successful Examples. 63
More Successful Examples. 74
6. New Buildings with Neighborhood or Regional Styles. 78
Less Successful Examples. 78
More Successful Examples. 91
7. New Buildings with Older Landmarks. 109
Less Successful Examples. 109
More Successful Examples. 120
8. New Buildings with Small Buildings. 125
9. Monuments. 137
10. Conclusion. 138
Ego. 138
Do We Need Another “Style of Our Times”?. 139
Persisting Taboos Against Affinitive Seeing. 140
Post-Modernism and Fitting New with Old. 140
The Architect as Cheshire Cat. 141
Alternatives. 142
An Aid to Relearning How to Design in Context. 143
Appendix A
To the Architects: Some Common Questions About Designing in Context. 148
Appendix B
A Handbook for Non-Architects Who Are Concerned About Visual Continuity in Their Communities. 151
The Means. 151
Index. 157
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