Description
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 re-eminent testing grounds of the new belief system of modernism. By combining the internationalism of the CIAM organization and the modernising aspirations of the new states built after 1918, the reach of modernist architects extended far beyond their established fields. Yet, these architects paid a price when Europe's age of extremes intensified. Mainly drawing on Polish, but also wider Central and Eastern European cases, this book delivers a pioneering study of the dynamics of modernist architects as a group, including how they became qualified, how they organized, communicated and attempted to live the modernist lifestyle themselves. In doing so, Brokers of Modernity raises questions concerning collective work in general and also invites us to examine the social role of architects today.
Ebook available in Open Access. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer Review Content).
Author: Martin Kohlrausch
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Published: 07/15/2019
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.00h x 8.30w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9789462701724
ISBN10: 9462701725
BISAC Categories:
- Art | History | General
- Architecture | History | Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)
- History | Europe | Poland
About the Author
Martin Kohlrausch is professor of European political history and head of the research unit Modernity and Society at the KU Leuven.