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Honikman, Basil – Design and Environment, 1975
The article, excerpted from Responding to Social Change, uses the architect's unfortunate plight to emphasize what can happen when social change is overlooked and not fully acknowledged. Revised standards for architectural achievement that embrace the traditions of history and are reflective of the values of all society are needed. (BT)
Descriptors: Architects, Architectural Character, Architecture, Design
Curtis, Nancy – Humanities, 1997
Reviews some of the efforts of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA) to preserve, conserve, and interpret historic houses to the public. Examines the history and some of the specific preservation problems concerning the Beauport Cottage, the Sayward-Wheeler House, and the Gropius House. (MJP)
Descriptors: Architects, Architectural Character, Architecture, Built Environment