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Rooted in these early dissenters, New Urbanism emerged in the 1970s and 80s with the urban visions and theoretical models for the reconstruction of the " European " city proposed by architect Leon Krier, and the " pattern language " theories of Christopher Alexander.
If the idiom has fallen out of favour since World War II it is thanks to its association, rightly or wrongly, with the pastiche classicism of Albert Speer which still provokes controversy as witnessed in Léon Krier's provocative essay " Krier on Speer ".
In May 2007, Guitarist Adam Krier and bassist Jason Schultejann, together with new drummer Chris Smith ( 15 Minutes Late / Logan Square ), formed a side project known as American Taxi.
Indeed, in keeping with his uncompromising anti-modernist attitude, Krier has stated: “ I am an architect, because I don ’ t build .”
If that model collapses, the city will collapse with it .” Thus Krier argues not merely against the contemporary modernist city ( he in fact argues that places like Los Angeles, U. S., are not cities ), but against a tendency in urban growth, evident in the growing scale in urban blocks in European cities throughout the 19th century, which was a result of the concentration of economic, political and cultural power.
In response to this, Krier proposed the reconstruction of the European city, based on human scale, with size determined not by zoning and transport routes, but by artisan industries, neighbourhood quartiers, and that one should be able to walk from one end of the quartier to the other within ten minutes.

Krier and architect
** Léon Krier, Luxembourgian architect
The overall plan was developed in the late 1980s by the European architect Leon Krier, and construction started in October 1993.
She has been dean of the university's School of Architecture since 1995, and as dean she hired the architect Léon Krier to design his first public building in Florida for the school of architecture ( his only other buildings in America are his former house at Seaside and a meeting hall in the Duany Plater-Zyberk resort of Windsor ).
Léon Krier ( born 7 April 1946 in Luxembourg City ) is an architect, architectural theorist and urban planner.
Léon Krier is the younger brother of architect Rob Krier.
Krier began to study architecture at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, in the mid-1960s, but then gave it up in 1969 to go and work in the office of architect James Stirling in London, UK.

Krier and there
The principle behind Krier ’ s writings has been to explain the rational foundations of architecture and the city, stating that “ In the language of symbols, there can exist no misunderstanding ”.

Krier and was
* Cyndi Taylor Krier, San Antonio politician, was born in Beeville in 1950.
Former State Senator Cyndi Taylor Krier, also the administrative judge of Bexar County, was reared near George West in the unincorporated community of Dinero.
The original masterplan was designed by Leon Krier.
Léon Krier was married to artist Rita Wolff ( who sometimes made paintings based on her husband's urban visions ), and now lives in Provence.
In 1987-90 Krier was the first director of the SOMAI, the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Architectural Institute, in Chicago.

Krier and city
Though Krier is well known for his defence of classical architecture and the reconstruction of traditional “ European city ” models, close scrutiny of his work in fact shows a shift from an early Modernist rationalist approach ( project for University of Bielefeld, 1968 ) to an increasingly more Postmodernist and ultimately more classical approach.
Krier has written a number of short texts − many first published in the journal Architectural Design during the 1980s, often in his own handwriting in the form of series of didactic annotated diagrams − against modernist town planning and its concern for dividing up the city into a system of zones ( housing, shopping, industry, leisure, etc.
Krier claims, for instance, thatthe whole of Paris is a pre-industrial city which still works, because it is so adaptable, which the new creations of the 20th century will never be.

Krier and on
To date, apart from a temporary façade at the 1980 Venice Biennale, some minor alterations to private homes, and a bridge pavilion ( picture ) the only buildings designed by Krier to actually be built are a house in the resort village of Seaside, Florida, USA ( where he also advised on the masterplan ); the Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center on the campus of the University of Miami in Miami, Florida ; and the new Neighbourhood Center Città Nuova in Alessandria, Italy.

Krier and one
From the late 1970s onwards ( but especially during the 1980s ) Krier has been one of the most influential neo-traditional architects and planners.

Krier and .
* Ricardo Bofill and Leon Krier, Architecture, Urbanism and History, New York.
Four Super Chipmunk conversions were modified, Scholl's N13A and N13Y, Harold Krier ’ s N6311V and Skip Volk's N1114V.
* Neoclassico, C. di R. Masiero, ; ua Sol LeWitt, G. Merz, Ann u Patrick Poirier ; ua James Stirling, Mario Campi, Aldo Rossi, Hans Robert Hiegel, Leon Krier, Robert Venturi, Venice: Marsillo Editori ISBN 88-317-5384-3
CW plasma thruster experiments were performed in the 1970s and 1980s, primarily by Dr. Dennis Keefer of UTSI and Prof. Herman Krier of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The band consists of bassist Jason Schultejann, drummer Ryan Fergus, vocalist Kaustubh ( Stubhy ) Pandav, and guitarist / vocalist Adam Krier.
Pandav and Krier write the majority of the band's songs.
Lucky Boys Confusion formed in 1997 shortly after the breakups of Pandav and Fergus's band, Farmboy, and Krier and Sell's band, Spinning Jenny.
' This is most likely due to the fact that Pandav's project ' The Super Happy Fun Club ' and Krier and Schultejann's project ' AM Taxi ' are releasing records and moving up in the industry.
* Professor James E. Krier

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A few years before his death Papa had agreed with Mama to make a joint will with her in which it would be provided that in the event of the death of either of them an accounting would be made to their children whereby each child would receive a bequest of $5000 cash.
They, however much they were in disagreement with the late Victorians over the method by which Britain was Germanized, agreed with them that the end result was the complete extinction of the previous Celtic population and civilization.
Earl agreed, and Lewis said that it would have been very different if his wife had been with him.
His teacher and his school principal were conferred with and everyone agreed that, if he kept up with a certain amount of work at home, there was little danger of his losing a term.
She opened his reply with trembling fingers he agreed!!
Once in a while they said what a shame it was, with Granny dying, but they all agreed she wouldn't have wanted it any other way.
He had only agreed with Miss Ada about getting the valet, but he had actually suggested the photograph to Mr. Jack.
This Court agreed with the trial court `` that considerations of price, quality and service were not overlooked by either Du Pont or General Motors ''.
With respect to Article 2,, paragraphs 1 ( B ) and 1 ( C ): Uses of Section 104 ( E ) and Section 104 ( G ) rupees: The Government of India will use the amount of rupees granted or loaned to it by the United States pursuant to paragraphs 1 ( B ) and 1 ( C ) for projects to promote economic development with emphasis upon the agricultural sector including food reserve storage structures and facilities as may from time to time be agreed upon by the authorized representatives of the United States and the authorized representatives of the Government of India, in the following sectors: A.
In the early 1950's, Smith, together with his distinguished colleague, George Trager ( so austerely academic he sometimes fights his own evident charm ), and a third man with the engaging name of Birdwhistell ( Ray ), agreed on some basic premises about the three-part process that makes communication: ( 1 ) words or language ( 2 ) paralanguage, a set of phenomena including laughing, weeping, voice breaks, and `` tone '' of voice, and ( 3 ) kinesics, the technical name for gestures, facial expressions, and body shifts -- nodding or shaking the head, `` talking '' with one's hands, et cetera.
Many people agreed that burns should be treated with bland oily salves or unsalted butter or lard, but one informant told me that a burn should be bathed in salt water ; ;
Parker, who agreed with much of this criticism, did not conceal his dissatisfaction with procedural defects.
Charlie Marble was back and forth on several occasions, first to confer with Andy on the advisability of cancelling the Las Vegas engagement -- they decided it was wise -- and later to announce that a prominent comedian, also an agency client, had agreed to fill the casino's open date.
Managing Director Donald C. Wagner has agreed to cooperate fully with Hemphill after a period of sharp disagreement on the matter.
-- Turkish political leaders bowed today to military pressure and agreed to form an emergency national front government with Gen. Cemal Gursel as president.
Charles A. Black, COAHR chairman, said Friday that three theater representatives had agreed to meet with the students on Oct. 31 but had failed to show up.
His encylopedia agreed with Sabella.
After the surprise was over, Linda was almost as pleased as anyone with John's good luck, though she agreed with Bobbie's decision some months later to move to Funk Furnaces.

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