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Although many of his designs remain unbuilt — with a few exceptions, including King Charles’s Poundbury — he was a driving force in the New Urbanism movement.
By Clay Risen
León Krier, whose city plans, building sketches and ardent manifestoes on behalf of classical architecture and urban planning left a lasting mark on contemporary design, most notably in the form of Poundbury, a British town he created with the support of the future King Charles III, died on June 17 near his vacation home in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. He was 79.
His wife, Irene Krier, did not provide a cause but said he had recently been diagnosed with inoperable colorectal cancer.
