Pier Vittorio Aureli

Pier Vittorio Aureli – The Monument and the Field: Nicholas Hawksmoor’s
Churches in Georgian London Although it is impossible to prove that Nicholas Hawksmoor built his churches in seventeenth-century London as a reaction to the generic city developments at that time, Pier Vittorio Aureli retraces their origin as a clear and distinct reaction to the mediocre urban fabric of the city. Opposed both by their formal and material monumentality to the grey brick terraced housing blocks that were directed towards economy and profit, Hawksmoor’s churches, in their boldness and contrast to
their surroundings, anticipate the contemporary urban landmarks that symbolise many European cities today.