(1948– )

English architect, an important figure in the New Classicism, he combines scholarship with a willingness to use modern materials and employ new technological developments. No dry respecter of canonical buildings, he has argued that Classicism, as the common architectural language of the Western world, is accessible, has many resonances, and is capable of continuous evolution. Among his works are West Walk House, The Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire (1983), Aamdahl (UK) Headquarters, Dogmersfield Park, Odiham, Hants. (1985), a new residential district for the Duchy of Cornwall at Field Farm, Shepton Mallet, Som. (1990), the Sackler Library complex for Oxford University (1991), the Solar House, Wakeham, Sussex (1992—an energy-efficient building on the South Downs employing the Classical language of architecture), a new Country House, Ashley, Hants. (1999), the refurbishment and extension of the Arts-and-Crafts Whiteley Village, Surrey (2000), the Master-Plan for Leith Docks, and a new Country House at Iver, Bucks. (both early 2000s). Founder of the Popular Housing Group and co-founder of INTBAU (International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture, & Urbanism), he is Chairman of both organizations. Among his many publications Classical Architecture: A Complete Handbook (1990) may be cited.

Bibliography

• Emanuel (ed.) (1994)
• Powers (1987)
• D.Watkin (2001)

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1926–, American anthropologist, b. Chicago, Ill., grad. Univ. of Chicago (Ph.B., 1947; M.A., 1952; Ph.D., 1956). He served on the faculty of the Univ. of Chicago (1955–84) and was director of the Oriental Institute there (1962–68). From 1984–1994 he was secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and served on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University. He has done regionally oriented archaeological studies in Iraq, emphasizing the analysis of settlement patterns, and written extensively on the role played by irrigation, warfare, and ecological diversity in the evolution of the earliest states. His writings include Land Behind Baghdad (1965), The Evolution of Urban Society (1966), The Uruk Countryside (1972; with H. J. Nissen), Heartland of Cities (1981), and Paths of Fire (1996).

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