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Classical Architecture for the Modern Worl d

Classical Architecture for the Modern Worl d. Sara Stackhouse. “Rejecting tradition or launching a radical transformation at its expense as occurs in most other schools of architecture ill equips a person to use his or her God-given gifts to make the built world a better place for everyone.”.

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Classical Architecture for the Modern Worl d

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  1. Classical Architecture for the Modern World Sara Stackhouse

  2. “Rejecting tradition or launching a radical transformation at its expense as occurs in most other schools of architecture ill equips a person to use his or her God-given gifts to make the built world a better place for everyone.” Carroll William Westfall, Past chairman of Notre Dame School of Architecture

  3. Innovation and rapid modernization • Technology • Computer drafting software • Abstract models • Focus on current trends • “Classicism is obsolete” • Short – term advantages Modernist Philosophy

  4. Traditional Modernist Start with computer drafting software Modern trends • Foundational skills • Hand drawing • Classical architecture Traditional vs. Modernist Training

  5. Traditional Modernist

  6. “Classical architecture is the best that a tradition produces. Every culture has a tradition. Ours runs from ancient Greece and Rome through the founding of the United States…and on into the present.” Carroll William Westfall, Past chairman of Notre Dame School of Architecture

  7. Wide application of principles • Historical significance and tradition • Rhetoric Classical Architecture for the Modern World

  8. Balance • Symmetry • Proportion Application of Classical Principles

  9. Historical Significance Maintaining a region’s identity

  10. Academia Government Memorials Museums Rhetoric

  11. We can learn from the fundamental principles of the classical tradition • Original designs • Regional identities • Rhetorical statements Proposal: What We Can Do

  12. Shor, FRANC, and Jean Shor. Parthenon, Athens, Greece. Digital image. National Geographic Creative. National Geographic Society, n.d. Web. Nowitz, Richard. The Ray and Maria Stata Center for Computer Information Service. Digital image. National Geographic Creative. National Geographic Society, n.d. Web. Oliver Leveritt. Monticello. Digital image. Flickr. N.p., 17 July 2010. Web. Brown, David M. Air Force Academy Chapel. Digital image. Flickr. N.p., 3 June 2010. Web. Dreyer, Peter H. Old State House. Digital image. Flickr. N.p., 20 Mar. 2013. Web. Sanjai, Padmapriya. Burj Al Arab, Dubai. Digital image. National Geographic Creative. National Geographic Society, n.d.Web. Nowitz, Richard. Old State House, Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Digital image. National Geographic Creative. National Geographic Society, n.d. Web. Nowtiz, Richard. Old State House on Boston's Freedom Trail. Digital image. National Geographic Creative. National Geographic Society, n.d. Web. St. John, Stephen. The flag flies over the West side of the Capitol Building. Digital image. National Geographic Creative. National Geographic Society, n.d. Web. Charley. Lincoln Memorial. Digital image. Flickr. N.p., 29 May 2004. Web. National Archives Building, Pennsylvania Ave Side, 4/2/2012. Digital image. Flickr. N.p., 2 Apr. 2012. Web. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnews/6899775584/>. Image Citations{In Order of Appearance}

  13. Westfall, Carroll W. "Approach: Traditional and Classical Architecture and Urbanism."University of Notre Dame: School of Architecture. University of Notre Dame, n.d. Web. Quote Citations

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