Call it arbitrary or call it fundamental, but style-the design rules a building follows or breaks-is a calculation in the process of creating architecture. But how does style contribute to the definition of design excellence? After the taxonomies of the 19th and 20th centuries, does style even matter anymore? If sustainability is the measure of excellent design these days, can we consider it a style unto itself? Join the AIA Committee on Design and the AIA Historic Resources Committee to investigate these questions and others in Seville, Spain, from Nov. 11 to 17.
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