Local architecture : building place craft and community In architecture as in food local is an idea whose time has come. Of course the idea of an architecture that responds to site; draws on local building traditions materials and crafts; and strives to create a sense of community is not recent. Yet the way it has evolved in the past few years in the hands of some of the worlds most accomplished architects is indeed defining a new movement. From the rammed earth houses of Rick Joy and Pacific Northwest timber houses of Tom Kundig to the community built structures of Rural Studio and Francis Kere designers everywhere are championing an architecture that exists from in and for a specific place. The stunning projects presented here in the first book to examine this global shift were featured at the thirteenth and final Ghost conference held in 2011 organized by Nova Scotia architect educator and local practitioner Brian MacKay Lyons. The result is the most complete collection of contemporary regionalist architecture available with essays by early proponents of the movement including Kenneth Frampton Juhani Pallasmaa and Pritzker Prize winning architect Glenn Murcutt