Quote of the day
The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian.
Léon Krier
Born: April 7, 1946 (age 79)
Bio: Léon Krier is an architect, architectural theorist and urban planner. He is a representative of New Urbanism and New Classical Architecture. Krier was the first laureate of the Driehaus Architecture Prize in 2003. Léon Krier is the younger brother of architect Rob Krier.
Known for:
- Drawing for Architecture (2009)
- Architects & Mimetic Rivalry (2012)
- Architecture Choice or Fate (1998)
- Albert Speer: Architecture 1932-1942 (2013)
- The Architectural Tuning of Settlements (2008)