(b Luxembourg, 7 April 1946). Brother of (1) Rob Krier. He studied at the Technische Hochschule, Stuttgart (1964-5), but left after six months, dissatisfied with its Modernist teaching, and by the age of 20 had developed a strong and enduring belief in the classical ideal of architecture. He worked for James Stirling in London (1968-70, 1973-4) and spent a period with Josef Paul Kleihues in Berlin in between. He taught in London at the Architectural Association School (1973-6) and Royal College of Art (1977), and he practised in London after 1974. Under the influence of his brother he also became interested in neo-Rationalist urban theory and spatial typologies. The socio-economic dimension of his polemic, which deplores the effects of industrialization upon cities, led him to seek inspiration in the urban morphology of early 19th-century Neo-classical examples and to advocate a return to the concept of multi-function localities in place of 20th-century zoning, which he considered undemocratic. His uncompromising attitudes left most of his projects unexecuted, but his polemical writings and numerous superb drawings and photographs of models were published and exhibited. Such projects included a diagonal link design (1974) for the Royal Mint Square housing development and a redevelopment plan (1986) with narrow streets, squares and classical buildings for Spitalfields Market in London; the Quartiers de la Villette (1976) in Paris; three new civic centres (1977) in Rome; public buildings (1980-83), Tegel, and the S?dliche-Friederichstadt redevelopment (IBA; 1981; with Maurice Culot) in Berlin; a master-plan for Washington, DC (1984-5); and a new city of Atlantis, 'a model for the art of living' (1987) in Tenerife. Executed works include a belvedere, market stoa and summer-house for himself (1987) at Seaside, a new town in Florida planned by Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk: the house combines timber construction with classical detailing, porticos and loggias, and is topped by a quasi-classical temple. In the early 1990s construction also began on the first phase of his controversial scheme (1987-91) for the town of Poundbury, near Dorchester, commissioned by the Duchy of Cornwall.
Part of the Krier family
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