Quinlan Terry, The Work af a Truly Master Builder

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	• Radical Classicism: The Architecture of Quinlan Terry David Watkin Rizzoli, 2006 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 5 reviews view larger image
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PROOF THAT CLASSICAL MODERN IS NOT AN OXYMORON

Quinlan Terry's work is just amazing; the attention to detail and the craftmanship sets the benchmark. I am familiar with his work in Dallas and was just blown away when i saw it; his work stands out, it just has elan. This book does he and his creations great service; the text is easy to read, yet well researched and eriudite and the images are crisp and first rate. If you have any interest in great modern classical architecture or just appreciate beautiful books in general then i can't conceive of you not being pleased with this purchase. Highly recommended.

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classic architecture is always new

This book is a must for anyone who loves good and beautiful architecture. Modernist and mediocre architects built much rubbish these days, but Qinlan and Francis Terry are one of the few good architect of our time.
Even in their small and modest buildings you can see what good stile and knowledge can achieve, eben with a limited budget.

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Quinlan Terry, The Work af a Truly Master Builder

A beautifully produced book that explains the philosophy of Quinlan Terry and how he applies neo-classical design to meet modern needs without compromising the accuracy of the classical detail designs to which his dedication is paramount. The like ability and dedication of his son Francis, who is already carrying on the craft of his father, is shown with stunning effect.

The book is easy to read and engages the reader so that it is hard to put down. It is not just a book to dip in and out of, albeit it also lends itself to such a practice.

It demonstrates that Quinlan Terry and his son are Master Builders in the true sense of the words.

It shows how their understanding and appreciation of the detailed construction required to produce their buildings puts most architects to shame, together with their incredible skill with a pencil, which most modern architects also cannot match or even execute.

The book gives a facinating insight into the way they cleverly apply a wide range of classical features into their buildings; and also how they refer in their designs to more recent uses of neo-classical design by other masters of their art .

The book is most impressive in the way it describes the complete dedication of Quinlan Terry for the positive, classical accuracy and precision in his designs , together with the explanation of how his own interpretation for each new building has been conceived, without merely repeating past classical building designs.

The book also touches on Quinlan Terry's lone struggle to fight off the intransient modernists who are unable to recognise that classical design is usually more permanent, more ecologically friendly, easier and safer to maintain and often more relevant to many environments and circumstances than the unyielding modernist approach to architecture, which can be so ugly, irrelevant and egotistical.

The quality of the heavyweight glossy paper, reproduction of the intricate drawings and photos is second to none.

A wonderful book to enjoy and treasure for ever.

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New Buildings in a Traditional Style

Quinlan Terry, who works with his son Francis, is probably the best known classical architect working today. His buildings have covered just about every sub-set of classical architecture: Greek, Roman, Gothic, Penaissance and more. (Indeed, I'm not so sure just how many sub-sets their are.)

This remarkable book shows the range of Mr. Terry's work in over 250 full color photographs and numerous drawings or sketches that illustrate the unbelievablly wide range of work. The buildings shown have been built around the world from Dallas to Berlin. There is no prevailing style, some of the houses are so different that you find it hard to believe that they are the work of the same architect.

In addition to buildings, there are some projects that are internal, official state rooms and No. 10 Downing Street for instance. And some of the buildings have photographs of the interior, especially the entryway that you see when first entering the building.

This book is both a history and an idea book of a style that never went away.

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Often described as Prince Charles's favorite architect, Quinlan Terry is at home in every traditional style, from Classical Greek to Roman, Gothic to Renaissance, and Baroque to Neo-classical. With intense new interest in classical design, there is a high demand for a compilation of Terry's work, a volume that showcases the ideas and creations of one of the world's most daring traditionalist designers. At the pinnacle of his career?this year's winner of the Driehaus Prize, classical architecture's highest honor?Quinlan Terry is one of the most celebrated practitioners of the form and also perhaps the most radical. Radical Classicism contains hundreds of lavish color illustrations and thirty of Terry's designs, including state rooms at #10 Downing Street, a library and residential building at Cambridge University, a cathedral in Essex, a church in Bishopsgate, four buildings in Williamsburg, Va., townhouses in London, and ten large country houses in England, Germany, and the U.S. Buildings featured include Juniper Hill in Buckinghamshire; Ionic Villa, Corinthian Villa, and Regency Villa in Regents Park, London; Abercrombie House in Kentucky; Latourette Farm, New Jersey; Highland Park House, Dallas, Texas.

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