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Brokers of Modernity: East Central Europe and the Rise of Modernist Architects, 1910–1950

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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).

400 pages, Paperback

Published July 15, 2019

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Варшавский модернизм вкатил не сразу. Симпатия между нами возникла месяц на четвертый жизни тут. Пора уж и матчасть подтянуть.

Занудно писать про архитектуру сейчас это моветон, архитекторы превращаются в поп-иконы, потому что они представители власти, точнее они властьимущие - решают за нас как нам жить, а мы только кактусы на подоконники покупаем.

Самостоятельность Польши решалась и через жилье. Классное время авангарда, можно впитывать ВХУТЕМАС и Баухаус, польские люди тоже не сидят сложа руки, а Варшавой и Вроцлавом доказывают, что коренной слом мысли допустим. Отлично. Спасибо

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