Modern Architects and Urban Transformation, 1954–1972
E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-134-51411-3
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Making extensive use of information gained from hours of in-depth interviews with architects of the time, this new book examines the complex relationship between vision and subsequent practice in the saga of postwar urban reconstruction. The Practice of Modernism:
- traces the personal, institutional and professional backgrounds of the architects involved in schemes for reconstruction and replanning
- deals directly with the progress of urban transformation, focusing on the contribution that modern architects and architectural principles made to town centre renewal and social housing
- highlights how the exuberance of the 1960s gave way to the profound reappraisal that emerged by the early 1970s.
Written by an expert, this is a key book on the planning aspects of the modernist movement for architectural historians, urban geographers, planners and all concerned with understanding the recent history of the contemporary city.
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1. On the Threshold 2. Practising Modernism 3 Private and Public 4. Professions 5. Towards Renewal 6. Heart and Soul 7. Second Generation 8. The Pursuit of Numbers 9. With Social Intent 10. Succession 11. Late-Flowering Modernism 12. Storm Clouds