Local Architecture: Building Place, Craft, and Community

In architecture, as in food, local is an idea whose time has come.

Of course, the idea of an architecture that responds to site; draws on local building traditions, materials, and crafts; and strives to create a sense of community is not recent.

Yet, the way it has evolved in the past few years in the hands of some of the world'\u2019s most accomplished architects is indeed defining a new movement.