The first of two schemes presented by Bevan & Liberatos as counter proposals to the proposed Clemson building in Charleston.
Jenny Bevan, of the Charleston, S.C., architecture firm Bevan & Liberatos, has written a brilliant critique of the proposed new building for the Clemson University school of architecture in the historic section of Charleston. Bevan is a graduate of both modernist and classical architecture school programs. Here is her essay in the Charleston City Paper, and the following is what I consider an especially astute passage:
When the Lee Brothers adapt an old recipe for a new cookbook, when Shepard Fairey imitates old graphics to make new images, when Quentin Baxter improvises within a standard, when Jill Hooper works with fresh paints made from centuries-old recipes, they are exemplifying our generation’s return to an open-mindedness about tradition. And their achievements are lauded. Just as Charleston has a rich and enviable traditional cuisine, so too does it have a rich and enviable traditional architecture. Yet, in architecture and preservation communities, designing new architecture with a mind open to the whole tradition of our building culture is scorned as nostalgic rather than, as in the other arts, celebrated as the creative progression within a living tradition.
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