Making Dystopia

Making Dystopia

The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism

Curl, James Stevens (Architectural Historian and Professor Emeritus)

Oxford University Press

09/2019

592

Mole

Inglês

9780198820864

15 a 20 dias

A devastating critique of the Modernist Movement: from the Bauhaus and Le Corbusier, through destructive Modernism-inspired urban planning of the post-war years, it questions how increasingly unequal and dysfunctional societies have been affected by self-serving, self-appointed elites hell-bent on creating an alienating, empathy-less Dystopia.
Timothy Brittain-Catlin: Prolegomenon Preface & Acknowledgements 1: Origins of a Catastrophe 2: Makers of Mythologies & False Analogies 3: Modernism in Germany in the Aftermath of the 1914-18 War 4: The International Style 1920s & 1930s 5: The International Style Truly International 6: Universal Acceptance of the International Style: A Surprising Aftermath of 1945 7: Descent to Deformity 8: Dangerous Signals 9: Some Further Reflections 10: Epilogue Select Glossary Bibliography Index
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