Architecture of regionalism in the age of globalization : peaks and valleys in the flat world Introduction. Universe unbound the end of regions The origins : regional architecture and the dawn of classical architecture Regional into regionalist : dathedrals palaces and the case of the Casa dei Crescenzi as a manifesto Searching for identity in a flat archipelago of classical garden villas The picturesque revolt : liberty the merits of chaos and the genius of the place in all From the physiocrats and Rousseau to Goethes regionalist architecture.