Bruno Taut was the leading architectural theorist in Germany during
the years 1914 1920. The architectural and social premises which he
developed in this seminal period were to be of paramount importance
in the subsequent development of modern architecture in Germany in
the 1920s. The German example, in turn, was to become a model for
the international modern movement. Whereas the history of the
modern movement in architecture has generally been written in terms
of functionalism, and the availability of materials and technology,
Dr Whyte suggests that many of the roots of modern architecture
were mystical and irrational, and were concerned less with function
and purpose and more with millenarian dreams of the a society which
might be achieved through the meditation of the architecture. The
author also suggests that there were political reasons behind this
type of architecture and why it failed to achieve its aim of
improving the physical and social condition of society.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Cambridge Urban and Architectural Studies |
| Release date: |
February 2010 |
| First published: |
December 2009 |
| Authors: |
Iain Boyd Whyte
|
| Dimensions: |
244 x 170 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
296 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-521-13183-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Architecture >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-521-13183-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780521131834 |
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