Krier, Leon (1946– )

Luxembourg architect who settled in the UK in 1968. He has built little but his anti-modernist arguments have helped to revive vernacular traditions and 19th-century neoclassicism. From 1968 to 1970 Krier collaborated with James Stirling on significant projects such as the Derby Civic Centre 1970 competition. In 1988, he became an advisor to Prince Charles who commissioned Krier to design four new towns in England (including Poundbury, adjoining Dorchester, Dorset) and has also adopted Krier's theories in recommended reforms for the European community at large.

Krier was professor of architecture and town planning, at the Architectural Association and Royal College of Arts, London (1974–76); professor of architecture, Princeton University, (1977); Davenport Professor, Yale University (1990–91); and Eero Saarinen Professor, Yale University (2002). He has been art director and designer for furniture designer Giorgetti (Italy) since 1990, and was a founding trustee of the New School for Traditional Architecture & Urbanism, in Charleston, North Carolina (2002). He is the author of several works, including Architecture & Urban Design 1967–1992 (1993).