Alfred Preis displaced : the tropical modernism of the Austrian emigrant and architect of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor /

The first publication to catalog the complete works of architect and arts advocate Alfred Preis, a Viennese modernist who fled Nazi-occupied Austria and transformed regional Hawaiian architecture, with his best-known project being the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor.0Architect, planner, and art...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Schmitzberger, Axel (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : DoppelHouse Press and Pacific Historic Parks, [2022]
Subjects:
Preis, Alfred, > 1911-1993.
Architecture > Hawaii > History.
Architects > Austria.
Architects > Hawaii.
Architecture > Hawaii > Histoire.
Architectes > Autriche.
Architectes > Hawaii.
Architects
Architecture
Austria
Hawaii
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Copyright
  • Title Page
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgements
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Refugee
  • Student
  • Alfred Preis, The Formative Years in Vienna, 1932-1938
  • Apprentice
  • Pioneer
  • Developer
  • Space Maker
  • Modernist
  • Alfred Preis and the Austrian Modernist Diaspora Shared Perspectives: The Wiener Wohnkultur and The New Space
  • The Crisis of Modernism in Austria
  • Advocate
  • The USS Arizona Memorial
  • A Timeline
  • Correlator
  • Alfred Preis and Frank Lloyd Wright: In the Nature of Materials
  • Art Czar
  • Work Overview
  • Alfred Preis Biography
  • Bibliography
  • Image Credits
  • About the Authors
  • Index

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