ABSTRACT
Leon Krier is a world-renowned architect, urban planner, architectural theorist, and pioneer in promoting the technological, ecological, and social rationality and modernity of traditional urbanism and architecture. He is considered to be the 'Godfather' of the New Urbanism movement. He started his career in 1968 working with James Stirling in London, following a stint at the University of Stuttgart. Since then, he has combined his practice with writing and teaching, serving as a Professor at the Architectural Association and the Royal College of Arts in London, Princeton University, the University of Virginia, and Yale University, and has guest-lectured at a number of institutions, including Notre Dame. In Seaside his attempts and efforts were directed to encourage and inform a straight wood vernacular, and avoiding Victorian frills. Despite all reservations, Le Corbusier was and remains as his first love regarding drawing and painting, seconded only by Otto Wagner. For Leon Krier, hand drawings are an efficient way to communicate complex information.
