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In this rapidly globalizing world, any investigation of architecture inevitably leads to considerations of regionalism. But despite its omnipresence in contemporary practice and theory, architectural regionalism remains a fluid concept, its historical development and current influence largely undocumented. This comprehensive reader brings together over 40 key essays illustrating the full range of ideas embodied by the term. Authored by important critics, historians, and architects such as Kenneth Frampton, Lewis Mumford, Sigfried Giedion, and Alan Colquhoun, Architectural Regionalism represents the history of regionalist thinking in architecture from the early twentieth century to today.

These seminal textsmany of which are out of print and hard to locateare organized around themes that include regionalism and rapid modernization, modernism, historicism, regional planning, bioregionalism, and critical regionalism. Also included are a small group of recent, previously unpublished essays that extend the notion of architectural regionalism into the future. Taken as a whole, the collection underscores the continuing relevance of the concept as it fosters thoughtful works that engage the senses, embody and express local cultural processes, promote environmental sustainability, and enhance people's awareness of the world around them. Editor Vincent Canizaro's insightful introduction and his brief analysis of each essay guides readers through the lively debate surrounding this topic, making this the definitive reference on architectural regionalism for faculty, students, and practitioners in design and design-related fields.

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• Preface: The Promise of Regionalism(p. 10)
• Acknowledgments(p. 14)
• Introduction(p. 16)
• Chapter 1 Ideas in Regionalism
• The Regional Motive(p. 36)
• Universal Civilization and National Cultures(p. 42)
• Chapter 2 Critical Positions in Architectural Regionalism
• Positions in Architectural Regionalism
• Regionalism and Nationalism in Architecture(p. 56)
• Regionalism(p. 66)
• Regionalism and Invention(p. 70)
• Critical-Historical Studies in Architectural Regionalism
• Regionalism in American Architecture(p. 80)
• Excerpts from The South in Architecture(p. 96)
• Regionalism under Rapid Modernization
• Regionalism within Modernism(p. 102)
• Cultural Continuum and Regional Identity in Architecture(p. 110)
• Regionalism: Lessons from Algeria and the Middle East(p. 120)
• Postmodern Regionalism: Alienation, Historicism, and Analysis
• Tradition and Modernity: The Feasibility of Regional Architecture in Post-Modern Society(p. 128)
• Critique of Regionalism(p. 140)
• The Concept of Regionalism(p. 146)
• Four Approaches to Regionalism in Architecture(p. 156)
• Chapter 3 Modern Regionalism: Referential Regionalism
• Toward a Southwestern Architecture(p. 170)
• Excerpts from Manual for Drivers and Guides Descriptive of the Indian Watchtower at Desert View and its Relation, Architecturally, to the Prehistoric Ruins of the Southwest(p. 178)
• Old Forms for New Buildings(p. 188)
• The Myth and Power of Place: Hispanic Revivalism in the American Southwest(p. 194)
• Regionalism and Texas Architecture(p. 204)
• Neff and Neutra: Regionalism versus Internationalism(p. 214)
• Chapter 4 Regionalism and Regional Planning
• An Appalachian Trail: A Project in Regional Planning(p. 224)
• Regional Planning(p. 236)
• Excerpts from A Pattern Language(p. 244)
• Regional Development: The Architect's Role(p. 252)
• Perspectives on Regional Design(p. 258)
• Chapter 5 Regional Modernism: Conflict and Maturation
• Excerpts from Precisions: On the Present State of Architecture and City Planning(p. 270)
• Regionalism in Architecture(p. 276)
• After the International Style-What?(p. 280)
• The Sky Line: Status Quo(p. 288)
• What is Happening to Modern Architecture?(p. 292)
• The New Regionalism(p. 310)
• The Meaning of Regionalism in Architecture(p. 320)
• Regionalism and Modern Architecture(p. 326)
• Chapter 6 Bioregionalism
• Reinhabiting California(p. 334)
• Living by Life: Some Bioregional Theory and Practice(p. 340)
• Biotechnology and Regional Integration(p. 350)
• Desert Bloom(p. 362)
• Chapter 7 Critical Regionalism
• Constructive Regionalism(p. 368)
• Ten Points on an Architecture of Regionalism: A Provisional Polemic(p. 374)
• Critical Regionalism in Houston: A Case for the Menil Collection(p. 386)
• Placing Resistance: A Critique of Critical Regionalism(p. 394)
• Chapter 8 Regionalisms for the Third Millennium
• Becoming Regional over Time: Toward a Reflexive Regionalism(p. 410)
• On Performative Regionalism(p. 420)
• Strong Margins(p. 428)
• Technology, Place, and Nonmodern Regionalism(p. 432)
• Notes(p. 446)
• Selected Bibliography(p. 456)
• Illustration Credits(p. 450)
• Index(p. 461)

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Vincent B. Canizaro is an assistant professor of architecture at the University of Texas, San Antonio. As a practicing architect, Canizaro focuses on site-specific, sustainable, and community-based design and landscape.