Léon Krier
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Leon Krier (born 1946) is an architect, architectural theorist and urban planner. Born in Luxembourg, he moved to England in the 1970s to work in the office of architect James Stirling. Krier spent 20 years in England, during which time he also taught at the Architectural Association. He is best known for his development of Poundbury 'village' in Dorchester, England for the Prince of Wales. Leon Krier has been one of the most important neo-traditional architects and planners of the end of the 20th century, though close scrutiny of his work in fact shows a shift from an early rationalist approach (project for University of Bielefeld, 1968) to an increasingly more classical approach. However, the project that marked a major turning point was his scheme (unrealised) for the 'reconstruction' of his home city of Luxembourg (1978).
Leon Krier is married to artist Rita Wolff, and now lives in Provence.
Krier is the younger brother of architect Rob Krier.
[edit] Publications include
- Leon Krier. Houses, Palaces, Cities. Edited by Demetri Porphyrios, Architectural Design, 54 7/8, 1984.
- Leon Krier Drawings 1967-1980, AAM Editions, 1981
- Leon Krier: Architecture & Urban Design 1967-1992, John Wiley & Sons, 1993
- Architecture: Choice or Fate, Andreas Papadakis Publishers, 1998. ISBN 1901092038
- ArchINFORM list of publications
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