IN THE SOUTH, CLASSICISM RISES AGAIN.(Rodney M. Cook brings classicism to Atlanta)

WWD | July 25, 2003| | Copyright

ATLANTA -- Rodney M. Cook is a man on a difficult, if not impossible, mission.

He's out to restore gentility and classicism to Atlanta, a city that long ago shed its thin veneer of Southern charm to become a modern mecca known for mind-boggling traffic and urban sprawl.

As president of the American Urban Design Foundation, an organization founded to promote classicism in architecture, Cook might be the one man for the job. A staunch advocate of not only preserving, but also creating, history through buildings, monuments and green spaces, Cook has both the ...

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