Built environment Charles, Prince of Wales

the prince of wales @ newly opened @ bristol, 14 june 2000

his book , bbc documentary vision of britain (1987) critical of modern architecture, , has continued campaign traditional urbanism, human scale, restoration of historic buildings, , sustainable design, despite criticism in press. 2 of charities (the prince s regeneration trust , prince s foundation building community) promote views, , village of poundbury built on land owned duchy of cornwall master plan léon krier under guidance of prince charles , in line philosophy.

charles helped establish national trust built environment in canada after lamenting, in 1996, unbridled destruction of many of country s historic urban cores. offered assistance department of canadian heritage in creating trust modelled on britain s national trust, plan implemented passage of 2007 canadian federal budget. in 1999, prince agreed use of title prince of wales prize municipal heritage leadership, awarded heritage canada foundation municipal governments have shown sustained commitment conservation of historic places. while visiting united states , surveying damage caused hurricane katrina, charles received national building museum s vincent scully prize in 2005, efforts in regard architecture; donated $25,000 of prize money towards restoring storm-damaged communities.

from 1997, prince of wales has visited romania view , highlight destruction of orthodox monasteries , transylvanian saxon villages during communist rule of nicolae ceaușescu. charles patron of mihai eminescu trust, romanian conservation , regeneration organisation, , has purchased house in romania. historian tom gallagher wrote in romanian newspaper românia liberă in 2006 charles had been offered romanian throne monarchists in country; offer reportedly turned down, buckingham palace denied reports. charles has deep understanding of islamic art , architecture , , has been involved in construction of building , garden @ oxford centre islamic studies combine islamic , oxford architectural styles.

charles has intervened in projects employ architectural styles such modernism , functionalism. in 2009, charles wrote qatari royal family, developers of chelsea barracks site, labelling lord rogers s design site unsuitable . subsequently, rogers removed project , prince s foundation built environment appointed propose alternative. rogers claimed prince had intervened block designs royal opera house , paternoster square, , condemned charles s actions abuse of power , unconstitutional . lord foster, zaha hadid, jacques herzog, jean nouvel, renzo piano, , frank gehry, among others, wrote letter sunday times complaining prince s private comments , behind-the-scenes lobbying subverted open , democratic planning process . piers gough , other architects condemned charles s views elitist in letter encouraging colleagues boycott speech given charles riba in 2009.

in 2010, prince s foundation built environment decided reconstruct , redesign buildings in port-au-prince, haiti after capital destroyed 2010 haiti earthquake. foundation known refurbishing historic buildings in kabul, afghanistan , in kingston, jamaica. project has been called biggest challenge yet prince s foundation built environment. work patron of new classical architecture, in 2012 awarded driehaus architecture prize patronage. prize, awarded university of notre dame, considered highest architecture award new classical architecture , urban planning.