Now, This is an intriguing article from Metropolis Magazine which focuses on the Rural Studio at Auburn University in Alabama. Students at this cutting edge architecture and design school learn by doing, experiment with alternative building materials and are interested in a truly democratic architecture. Sound familiar? Continue reading after the jump...
However, if even the name "Taliesin" is mentioned, the dean of the Rural Studio, Andrew Freear, flatly states that Wright's school "knows nothing but history...We've moved on."
I'd say Dean Freear is confusing historicism with Principles — something that should never be "moved on" from. I'd love to hear from some of our readers out there about this academic war of words. Read the article here.
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