Critical Regionalism Abroad

194 pages

Since the 1980s, critical regionalism has been globally celebrated for imbuing modern architecture with local sensibilities. After rising to international stardom, however, several critical regionalists soon began to erect distinctive albeit “placeless” buildings around the world. Aris Konstantinidis (1913–1993), a Greek architect less well known outside of his home country, instead propagated his vision of regional modernism to global audiences on his own terms through his publishing and teaching beyond national borders. The book at hand presents an operative history of Konstantinidis’s life and work outside of Greece that unveils the potential for alternative practices of critical regionalism abroad.