#5 - Dr. Nir Buras, Classic Planning Institute: on Beauty and the Sublime, Classic Planning, Learning Architecture, the book 'the Art of Classic Planning'

Dr. Nir Buras is an experienced architect, planner, author and founder of the Classic Planning Institute, which is a traditional architecture and urban design consultancy, an academy of traditional architecture and classic urban planning, and a community of like minded practitioners. He authored the book 'The Art of Classic Planning' (Harvard University Press, 2019) which is a must-have for any planner that values beauty and common sense in the built environment. In this episode we talk about dr. Buras' experiences of becoming an architect, about the difference between Beauty and the Sublime, the Classic Planning method and the Art of Classic Planning book, suburbs, and much more. Visit https://www.classicplanning.org/ for more information on the Classic Planning Institute. Join the CPI Stoa community on https://www.classicplanning.org/forum Dr. Buras' book, The Art of Classic Planning, can be bought here: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Classic-Planning-Beautiful-Communities/dp/0674919246/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=the+art+of+classic+planning&qid=1594224749&sr=8-2  ------ For more information on The Aesthetic City, find our website on https://theaestheticcity.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_Aesthetic_City