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Fleeing Europe in 1939 for the Australian state of Queensland, the
architect Karl Langer (1903-1969) found himself positioned at the
very edge of both European and Australian modernism. Confronted by
tropical heat and glare, the economics of affordable housing,
fiercely proud regional architectural practices, and a suspicion of
the foreign, Langer moulded the European language of international
modernism to the unique climatic and social conditions of tropical
Australia. Published as part of the Bloomsbury Studies in Modern
Architecture series, which brings to light the work of significant
yet overlooked modernist architects, this book is both an
examination of Langer's work and international legacy, and also a
case study in tropical modernism and the trans-global dissemination
of design ideas - revealing how Langer sought to reconcile his
training in international modernism with a fascination for the
formal and visual languages of a regional culture, context, and
climate.
Despite a European training and an early career working with Peter
Behrens, a migration from Vienna to the Australian state of
Queensland positioned the architect Karl Langer (1903-1969) at the
very edge of both European and Australian modernism. Confronted by
tropical heat and glare, the economics of affordable housing,
fiercely proud and regional architectural practices, and a
suspicion of the foreign, Langer moulded the European language of
international modernism to the unique climatic and social
conditions of tropical Australia. This book will tell Langer’s
story through a series of edited essays focused on key themes and
projects. Published as part of the Bloomsbury Studies in Modern
Architecture series, which brings to light the work of significant
yet overlooked modernist architects, it is both an examination of
an architect’s work and international legacy, and also a case
study in the trans-global dissemination of design ideas. Studying
the architect’s built and proposed work, both regional and
metropolitan, the scale and reach of Langer’s practice will be
considered for the first time, showing how, given his continued
influence on the contemporary culture of tropical design, Langer
has been unjustly ignored by the historiography of both Australian
and Modernist architecture to date.
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Skyplane (Paperback)
Richard Francis Jones, Lawrence Nield, Xing Ruan, Deborah van der Plaat
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R1,060
Discovery Miles 10 600
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Architecture's leading thinkers and practitioners examine both the
global phenomenon of the tall building and its adaptation to the
Asian-Pacific context in this detailed case study. The evershifting
profile of modern cities, coupled with a lack of comprehensive city
planning, pose important architectural and aesthetic questions
about towers' effects on culture and historic city centers.
Pressing concerns about environmental sustainability and building
economics are also addressed in this strikingly designed book,
which draws on a diverse array of examples, including the Dong
Towers of Southern China, high-rise housing in Hong Kong and
Australia, and the iconic towers of Seidler, PTW, Foster, Koolhaas,
Mayne and Ingenhoven & Architectus.
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