ANTA

Issues

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   Vol. 8 (Fall 2025)

   ANTA 8, Hommage À Léon Krier, is a culmination of Krier’s professional and written work organized chronologically from 1978 until 2018. During his life Léon Krier engaged architecture in profound ways, embracing the critical relation between Nature and the City, the knowledge needed for making of the Good City, for architecturally composing a coherent sense of place, and for an art of tectonics that ensures the long-term durability of buildings. In this issue, readers will observe his intellectual commitments, the evolution of his thought, his struggles with recalcitrant cultural phenomena, his collaboration with kindred spirits, side by side with his extensive professional work.

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   Vol. 7 (Spring 2025)

   In this time of climate urgency, ANTA 7 offers thoughtful provocations about redefining sustainability. Read how Anna Heringer’s projects in Bangladesh are proving that mud and bamboo are flexible enough to accommodate modern lifestyles. This issue also addresses cultural homogenization in the built environment, and how a return to designing that relies on regional wisdom, traditional materials, and enduring craftsmanship is the answer to this homogenization on the Arabian Peninsula. Explore M. Hosam Jiroudy’s project that earned him a nomination for the Philippe Rotthier Prize in 2024.

   Through international case studies, essays, and reflections, contributors also highlight the value of local knowledge, the role of craft in ecological building, and the necessity of reuniting design with skilled crafts. Celebrating the continuity between nature and new, ANTA 7 advocates for building with a focus on history of place, memory, and the natural world.

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   Jose Franqueria Baganha, Martin Bocci, Michele Caja, Carl Elefante, Edoardo paolo Ferrari, Monica Frambourg, Corinne Molina, and Jean-Mathias Sargologos, Patrice Frey, C. Irem Gencer, Ray Gindroz, Jack Harrington and Nathan Walz, Anna Heringer, Rohit Jigyasu, M. Hosam Jiroudy, Edward Mazria, Vo Trong Nghia, Victor W. Olgyay, Robyn Pender, Claudio Varagnol, InSite Consulting, Studio Anna Heringer, and Vo Trong Nghia Architects

    

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   Vol. 6 (Fall 2024)

   The sixth issue of ANTA brings together diverse international works and critical reflections that underscore the importance of a genuine sense of place. Featuring projects that offer varied architectural characters that harmonize with their surroundings — including a mixed-use development near Paris and a multi-faith complex in Argentina — this issue aims to foster cultural understanding. The importance of precedent, high-quality craftsmanship, and the collaborative design process is emphasized, with reflections on the complex interactions between architecture, sculpture, and iconography. Readers will also find essays that reaffirm architecture as a civic art and advocate for the restoration of traditional architecture as a common good. Emphasizing the architectural process as one of human development, which results in projects that are culturally continuous and recognizable to those whose well-being they aim to serve.

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   Jacques DeWitte, R. Michael Graham, Fabio Grementieri, Michael Imber, Edward Keegan, Léon Krier, Carl Laubin, Phillip Liederbach, Stepan Liphart, Scott Merrill, Branko Mitrović, Ben Pentreath, Alamantas Samalazvičius, Lucien Steil, Carroll WIlliam Westfall, Samir Younés, HRH The Prince of Wales, Ben Pentreath, Ltd, Merrill Pastor & Colgan, and Stanhope Gate Architecture

    

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   Vol. 5 (Spring 2023)

   The fifth issue of ANTA continues its mission by presenting alternative arguments against prevailing attitudes that prioritize idiosyncratic design over tradition. The projects range from masterplans for new towns and neighborhoods to urban interventions, academic campus buildings, reconstructions of urban edifices, and new buildings housing cultural institutions. Essays cover topics such as architectural precedent, the impact of sympathetic reconstruction on urban spaces, and reflections on the manifesto for urban development in Berlin-Brandenburg. This issue also includes historical perspectives, conversations with industry professionals, critiques, and insights from voices of the past. ANTA remains a crucial instrument in promoting discussion and understanding of classical and traditional architecture.

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   Harald Bodenschatz, James C.Brainard, Kyle Dugdale, David Frazer Lewis, Vince Graham, Ernesto Nathan Rogers, Fritz Neumeyer, Timothy Patitsas, Daniel Solomon, Emily Talen, Mark Wilson Jones

   Atelier Xavier Bohl, Dover, Kohl & Partners, HBRA Architects, Hilmer & Sattler und Albrecht, Krier · Kohl · Architects, Perkins Eastman, The Association of Architects and Engineers of Berlin-Brandenburg & Collaborators, Treese Architekten, Yang Cho-cheng

    

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   Vol. 4 (Fall 2022)

   In its fourth issue, ANTA meticulously traces the trajectory of Spanish architecture to the Americas, offering a comprehensive exploration of its historical roots and contemporary expressions. The narrative unfolds chronologically, commencing with the architectural landscape of turn-of-the-century Spain and progressing to cutting-edge projects in the present day. The focus then shifts across the Atlantic, examining the intricate transference of Spanish architectural traditions to the United States, with specific emphasis on the states of Florida and California. Throughout, the editors dissect the nuanced ways in which architectural traditions are shared and adapted over time and space. The featured projects encompass both new designs and restoration efforts, offering a comprehensive panorama of the continuous evolution of Spanish architectural ideas. The urbanism section takes a broader perspective, outlining three pioneering new towns that integrate traditional town planning principles. The issue serves as a testament to the perpetual adaptation and mutual influence across diverse places and scales, providing a nuanced understanding of the continuous evolution and transference of these rich architectural ideas.

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   Jorge L. Hernandez, Jean-François Lejeune, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Andrés Duany, Marc Appleton, Sergi Bastidas, Javier Cenicacelaya, Juan de Dios de la Hoz, Alejandro García Hermida, Leopoldo Gil Cornet, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, Richard John, Dennis P. Doordan, Stefanos Polyzoides, David Rinehart, Javier Rivera, Clarence S. Stein, Willem Swârt, Lander Uncilla Cortaberria, Fernando Vela Cossío

   Appleton Partners LLP, Attis Corporation & TSW Design, César Portela, Cúre & Penabad, de la Guardia Victoria Architects & Urbanists, DPZ CoDesign, Duncan G. Stroik Architect, Espinósfernándezcid, Jeff Shelton Architect, Jiménez & Linares, JLH Architect, Khoury Vogt Architects, Martinez Alvarez Architecture, Moule & Polyzoides, Architects and Urbanists, Oronoz & Iparraguirre, The Cearnal Collective, Trelles Cabarrocas Architects

    

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   Vol. 3 (Spring 2022)

   In the third issue, ANTA draws upon the relationship between historic preservation and contemporary design for new development with which the academy and profession of architecture are intensely engaged, but they remain two distinct categories, one looking at the past and the other at the future. Both arose and have been developed in response to separate agendas and often pursue divergent sets of values and aims. ANTA editors advocate, on the contrary, that conservation of cultural heritage and the search for new (and sustainable) architecture are properly two aspects of a single discipline that can only benefit from the contributions of both constituents.

   We can facilitate this convergence by adopting a Vitruvian, three-fold view of the issue: beauty of form, durability of construction, and fitness to purpose. Today, we might redefine these terms as beauty, sustainability, and justice. This issue of ANTA features essays providing historical and theoretical insights, followed by conversations with Howard Davis and Rafael Manzano Martos. The remainder highlights initiatives and projects showcasing the collaboration between historic preservation and sustainable new construction, emphasizing the diversity of styles, programs, and geographical contexts, with a focus on individuals who embody the potential for a sustainable building culture.

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   M. Wesam Al Asali, Patrick Burke, Giovanni Carbonara, Howard Davis, Marianne Cusato, Quinn Evans, David Flaharty, Alejandro García Hermida, Andrew Gould, Stephen E. Hartley, Claudine Houbart, Jukka Ilmari Jokilehto, María Margarita Segarra Lagunes, Fernando Vegas López-Manzanares, Oliver Martin, Rafael Manzano Martos, Patrick Moore, Tonya Ohnstad and Students, Hugh Petter, Steven Semes, Veronica Vaida, Paolo Vitti, Alessandra Vittorini, Jonathan Weatherill

   ADAM Architecture, Quinn Evans Architects, Kirk E. Peterson & Associates, M. Hosam Jiroudy

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   Vol. 2 (Fall 2021)

   ANTA 2 highlights the considerable realizations of traditional architecture worldwide with projects in Belgium, China, France, Guatemala, India, Italy, the Persian Gulf, Spain, the UK, and the US. Within the featured projects, essays, critiques, and more, the contributors track the meaning of numerous questions in regards to traditional architecture including architectural regionalism, the relationship between the city and nature, the difficult legacy of architecture and colonialism, and so on. As an element of traditional practice, a section on drawing contains several broad approaches emphasizing the instrumental importance of manual drawing for forming architects as well as conceiving, expressing, and realizing architecture.

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   Fernando Bajo, Vinayak Bharne, Pier Carlo Bontempi, Javier Cenicacelaya, Maurice Culot, Norman Crowe, John Dutton, Nicolas Duru, Tanvi Jain, Léon Krier, Tian Leng, Robin F. Rhodes, Jamshid Sepehri, Aashini Sheth, Luis F. Gómez-Stern, Chris Wilson, Xiaoxini Zhao

   Bastidas Architecture, Breitman & Breitman, Estudio Urbano, John Simpson Architects, Tian Leng and Xiaoxin Zhao, Torti Gallas + Partners

   Drawings by: Simone Boni, Gilles Chaillet, Daniel Graves, Karl Gruber, Laurie Olin, Giuseppe Valadier

    

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8. 

   Vol. 1 (Spring 2021)

   ANTA presents itself as a venue for the exchange of ideas that serve to ameliorate the built and natural environments, and enrich architectural discourse; for the preservation and dissemination of essential historical and cultural knowledge; and for the publication of noteworthy new buildings and urban centers that put the long-term needs of the city and its citizens before the short-term interests of the client and designer. In the inaugural issue, the theme “Urbes ac Tecta” (Cities and Buildings) encapsulates the importance of restituting the traditional city to combat unprincipled chaotic sprawl which has disregarded urban and environmental balance, the decimation of centers and more. Through projects, essays, historical perspectives, this issue emphasizes the broad implications of a building culture that serves suburbanized cities and the problems that culture creates.

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   Robert Adam, Teodoro de Anasagasti, Maxim Atayants, Michael Dennis, Richard Economakis, Gustavo Giovannoni, Donald Gray, Mohamad Hamouié, Léon Krier, Jean-François Lejeune, Dimitris Pikionis,Thomas Norman Rajkovich, Ingrid Rowland, Allan Strus, Carroll William Westfall

   Austin Tunnell Building Culture, Historical Concepts, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, ROMA Design Group, Urban Design Associates

    

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Bundles

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   Issues 1-8 (Institutional rate)

   This rate is available to universities and colleges for purchasing the complete collection of ANTA issues, spanning one through eight. Purchase includes physical copies only, digital versions are not available at this time.

   This rate includes two special edition books, "An Architectural Pedagogy for the Twenty-First Century" and "The Fulcrum Series: Brick by Brick, traditional brick fabrication in present-day practice.” The former is intended as a summary of the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture's curriculum, and showcases undergraduate and graduate student work. This book is offered to all schools of architecture as a way to exchange ideas about teaching about the built environment during our unique time in history. The latter is the first of a series that highlights research that addresses urgent global challenges, rediscovers and reinterprets architectural heritage, and explores solutions addressing the now rapidly changing world. Each volume showcases original work born from deep collaboration between students and faculty—where mentorship, scholarship, and creativity intersect to advance the field of architecture and contribute to meaningful intellectual discourse.

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