Paternoster Square and the New Classical Tradition

Academy Editions; St. Martin's Press, London and New York. Published date: 1992. Softcover, xxxvi, 96 pp; 28 cm. Architectural Design Profile No 97. Illustrated throughout with numerous architectural drawings, site plans, elevations, perspective renderings, historical maps, and color and black and white photographs. In very good condition. Glossy illustrated paper covers have light bumping to edges and corners with mild surface wear; small retail price sticker on rear cover; small green felt pen mark on bottom edge of text block; binding firm; interior pages clean and unmarked. Architectural monograph documenting the redevelopment proposal for Paternoster Square in the City of London near St Paul's Cathedral. Issued as Architectural Design Profile No 97, the volume examines the late twentieth century revival of classical architecture in Britain and presents the Paternoster Square scheme as a major example of the movement's urban ambitions. Essays discuss the historical development of the site, the urban form of the square, and the role of classical design principles in contemporary architecture. The book includes architectural proposals and projects by leading figures associated with the classical revival including Terry Farrell, Robert Adam, Demetri Porphyrios, Allan Greenberg, John Simpson, Hammond Beeby and Babka, and Quinlan Terry. Also includes interviews and commentary from Architectural Design magazine discussing the broader debate over modernism and the reintroduction of classical forms into late twentieth century architectural practice. Contents include: The Classical Reality; The History of St Paul's Cathedral and Paternoster Square; The Urban Form of Paternoster Square; Paternoster Square and St Paul's Cathedral; Principal Plans; Terry Farrell and Sidell Gibson Partnership Building Group 1; Terry Farrell and Robert Adam Building Group 2; Demetri Porphyrios Associates Building Group 3; Allan Greenberg Building Group 4; John Simpson & Partners Building Group 5; Hammond Beeby & Babka Building Group 6; Hammond Beeby & Babka, Demetri Porphyrios Associates and John Simpson & Partners The Square; Quinlan Terry Building Group 7; Hammond Beeby & Babka Building Group 8; Robert Adam The Legacy of Modernism in New Classicism; Paul Gibson A Journey to Paternoster; Allan Greenberg Making Architectural Judgements; Quinlan Terry The Ionic Villa, The Veneto Villa, The Gothick Villa and The New Brentwood Cathedral; Dimitris A Fatouros Classical Reality and Contemporary Classicist Expression; Demetri Porphyrios Associates Belvedere Farm Ascot, Magdalen College Oxford, New Longwall Quadrangle; John Simpson & Partners Ashfold House; Robert Adam Golf Club West Wratting Cambridge, A New House on a Country Estate in Hampshire; Hammond Beeby & Babka Harold Washington Library Center; Allan Greenberg J Wilson Newman Pavilion University of Virginia and The News Building Athens Georgia.…