VOL. 21/NO. 1 february 2008

Table of Contents

PROFILE
European Union
Working in the shadow of the devastation of World War II, Krier Kohl Architects is renewing cities and bringing order to urban environments in Germany and the Netherlands. By Kim A. O’Connell

ROUNDTABLE
Sustainability and Tradition: Ways of Building and Ways of Life
Michael Lykoudis, dean of the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture, Michael Mehaffy, president of Structura Naturalis Inc., and Walter Sedovic, principal of Walter Sedovic Architects, discuss sustainability with Traditional Building Editorial Director Michael Carey.

PROJECT REVIEW
Leaving the Dark Ages
Designed by Dr. Demetri Porphyrios and built using traditional and contemporary methods, Princeton’s new Whitman College is a remarkable success. By Richard Sammons

BOOK REVIEWS
The Goth of Boston
The Architecture of Ralph Adams Cram and His Office, by Ethan Anthony. Reviewed by Eve M. Kahn

Women's Work
Candid Reflections: Letters from Women Architects 1972 & 2004, by Doris Cole. Reviewed by Nicole V. Gagne

The Schlock of the New
Architecture of the Absurd: How “Genius” Disfigured a Practical Art, by John Silber. Reviewed By Eve M. Kahn

AWARDS
Charles E. Peterson Prize
Kent State University is recognized by the Historic American Building Survey’s 2008 student drawing awards.

THE FORUM
Palladio’s Legacy
By Victor Deupi