Re-Humanizing Architecture
New Forms of Community, 1950-1970
Ákos Moravánszky editor Judith Hopfengärtner editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Birkhauser
Published:19th Dec '16
Should be back in stock very soon
After the Second World War, a divided Europe was much affected by a period of reconstruction. This was influenced by the different political systems – in the socialist East and in the capitalist West, the focus was on cohesion in society and its cultural and architectural expression. In parallel to the rapidly progressing industrialization of the building industry, debates on the humanization of the built environment were led on both sides with great intensity. The volume shows how, on the back of existentialism, new monumentality, and socialist realism, quite similar concepts and strategies were developed in order to find answers to questions relating to adequate structures for new forms of community and identity.
ISBN: 9783035610154
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 919g
376 pages