Robert Tavernor

[6] Tavernor initiated (with co-authors) a series of modern translations of the principal classical architectural treatise writers – Vitruvius, Alberti, Serlio and Palladio – and is the sole author of parallel monographs on these subjects published by (Yale[7] and MIT[8]).As a consultant architect and urbanist he applies his knowledge of architectural history, design and the visual representation of buildings in advising planners and architects on the form, character, scale and massing of tall buildings in the City of London and along the south bank of the Thames.His advice on several large urban masterplan projects in London (including Battersea Power Station) led to him being invited in 2007, by former Russian Senator Gordeev, to assemble and to contribute his expertise to an international master planning team to re-configure the city of Perm (population of 1 million) in the southern Urals.He is the author of Palladio and Palladianism (1991 – subsequently translated into Italian, Chinese, and Korean) and On Alberti and the Art of Building (1998).Tavernor's translation works have become standard texts in art historical scholarship, used by students and scholars throughout the world.
EnglishEmeritusArchitectureUrban DesignLondon School of EconomicsLondonhistorianUniversity of EdinburghBritish Prix de RomeBritish School at RomeUniversity of CambridgeSt John's CollegeJoseph RykwertRoyal Institute of British Architectscivil engineeringUniversity of BathLSE CitiesUniversity of California at Los AngelesUniversity of Texas A&MBrazilVaughan HartRenaissance architecturalVitruviusAlbertiSerlioPalladiomonographsPalazzo TeMantuaOlivettiCity of LondonThamesMoscowRenaissance architecturePhotogrammetric drawingsRoyal Academy of ArtsTate BritainStanley SpencerOliver R. SmootDalibor VeselyNader El-BizriAlberto Perez-Gomez