Roger K. Lewis in WaPo: Modernists Should Oppose Gehry’s Memorial, Too

Posted by artscivica on April 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Roger K. Lewis, professor emeritus of architecture at the University of Maryland, writes in the Washington Post that Gehry’s design for the Eisenhower Memorial ought to be opposed not just by those who prefer classical architecture but by Modernists as well: Gehry’s Eisenhower Memorial Design Needs to Be Rethought The Eisenhower Memorial Commission recently decided to … Read more

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Roger Scruton: Gehry’s Memorial Is Intended to Belittle Eisenhower

Posted by artscivica on April 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Roger Scruton is one of the world’s most esteemed philosophers.  In particular, he is one of the leading philosophers of art and architecture.  See, for example, his books The Aesthetics of Architecture, The Classical Vernacular: Architectural Principles in an Age of Nihilism, and Beauty: A Very Short Introduction.  You can also watch his BBC documentary, Why Beauty … Read more

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Leon Krier: Eisenhower Memorial Design Is an XXL Anti-Monument

Posted by artscivica on February 14, 2012 · 1 Comment 

World-famous architect Leon Krier–an expert on Washington, D.C.’s architecture and urban planning–published a piercingly intelligent critique of the design for the Eisenhower Memorial in Metropolis Magazine: Eisenhower Memorial, Washington, D.C. By Leon Krier Image from designboom The Eisenhower Memorial competition and project have stirred a remarkable polemic, the center of which is not President Eisenhower … Read more

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