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The Revival of Architecture. Beauty and Tradition Matters.

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The revival of architecture means a comeback for skilled craftsmen.

Seen here, the library of a new house is nearing completion.

Beautiful architecture stands the test of time.
“Beauty is vanishing from our world because we live as though it did not matter.” – Roger Scruton, Beauty.
‘Styles may change, details may come and go, but the broad demands of aesthetic judgement are permanent.’

- Sir Roger Scruton

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New houses under construction in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, in conjunction with the Prince’s Foundation.

It is thanks to HRH The Prince of Wales that architecture is undergoing a revival in the United Kingdom.
Beauty Matters
Too many great works of architecture have shared a similar fate..

Before & After

The Junior United Service Club on Charles II Street, London, was demolished in 1955.

High Italian Renaissance replaced by soulless glass box. Beauty replaced by ugliness.
Ely's 17th-century shire hall (1908) and the architectural jewel for which it made way in the 1960s
Beauty Matters
Before and After

A new tennis pavilion at the White House in Washington D.C. built in the Classical tradition.
Creation is slow and difficult

Destruction is quick and easy

Tradition and Beauty matters
Design for a country house in Scotland by Conor K. Lynch.

There is a growing number of architects who know that beauty and tradition matters.
A newly built house by architect Francis Terry.

Built using natural robust materials, such as slate and stone. It has a central pediment, below which is a Palladian window and Doric portico.
Beauty Matters

Château de Maisons-Laffitte
When Tradition prevails, so does the stone mason, artist, carpenter and craftsman.
Despite their love of building glass boxes, modernist architects tend to predominantly live in Georgian and Victorian homes themselves.
"Progress"
Beauty Matters