Classical Architecture for the Modern World

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.

Carroll William Westfall, Past chairman of Notre Dame School of Architecture

Innovation and rapid modernization

Technology Computer drafting software Abstract models

Focus on current trends Classicism is obsolete Short term advantages

Modernist Philosophy

Traditional

Modernist

Foundational skills Hand drawing Classical architecture

Start with computer drafting software Modern trends

Traditional vs. Modernist Training

Traditional

Modernist

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 Statesand on into the present.

Carroll William Westfall, Past chairman of Notre Dame School of Architecture

Wide application of principles Historical significance and tradition Rhetoric

Classical Architecture for the Modern World

 Balance Symmetry Proportion

Application of Classical Principles

Historical Significance
Maintaining a regions identity

Academia Government Memorials Museums

Rhetoric

We can learn from the fundamental principles of the classical tradition

Original designs Regional identities Rhetorical statements

Proposal: What We Can Do

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

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