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Following the success of Ken Tate's three previously published books by IMAGES, this volume adds new depth and insight to the work of one of America's most gifted classical architects. Featuring nine residential projects, A Classical Vision reveals the extraordinary range of styles that this firm has produced over the last 20 years.
Collective housing has played a major role in the architectural advances of the last century, in the process provoking its fair share of controversy, admiration and disapprobation. While apartment blocks may be seen as more or less fashionable according to the prevailing wind, the decline of the nuclear family and the manifestation of new models of cohabitation have confirmed their value as high-density housing that can limit sprawl and allow for significant aesthetic expression.With other pertinent issues including sustainability and the built environment's carbon footprint, as well as urban cohesiveness, social living is right back on the agenda.
