Brokers of modernity : East Central Europe and the rise of modernist architects, 1910-1950 /

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The first half of the twentieth century witnessed the rise of modernist architects. 'Brokers of Modernity' reveals how East Central Europe turned into one of the pre-eminent testing grounds of the new belief system of modernism. By combining the internationalism of the CIAM organization an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kohlrausch, Martin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leuven (Belgium) : Leuven University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Modern movement (Architecture) > Europe, Eastern.
Architecture > Europe, Eastern.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) > Europe de l'Est.
Architecture > Europe de l'Est.
History of architecture.
ARCHITECTURE > History > Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
Architecture.
Modern movement (Architecture)
Eastern Europe.
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Table of Contents:
  • Modernity in Eastern Europe
  • East European modernism?
  • Architects as experts of the social : a new type entering the European scene
  • Organising new architectural goals
  • Communicating social change through architecture
  • Materialising the international agenda: Warszawa Funkcjonalna
  • Under pressure : modernist architects and the rise of political extremes.

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