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Transparent State : Architecture and Politics in Postwar Germany.

Do open societies need transparent architecture? Does transparent architecture help make an open society? This book examines German culture's on-going relationship with Transparency, a relationship which culminates in the new Reichstag building.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barnstone, Deborah Ascher
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Transparency ideology; 2 Transparency in German architecture before and after the War; 3 The quest for an open society; 4 Looking in the mirror transparency after 1989; 5 A metaphor for the new Germany; 6 House of openness architecture of encounter; 7 Coming to terms with the past: transparency in Norman Foster's Reichstag; 8 Why transparency; Appendix 1 Biography of Hans Schwippert; Appendix 2 Biography of Günter Behnisch; Appendix 3 Biography of Norman Foster; Appendix 4 Happiness and Glass Hans Schwippert; Notes; Bibliography; Index.