Willem Marinus Dudok - A Dutch Modernist - A Bio-Bibliography

This self-taught Dutch architect was among the most widely copied architects of the 1930s and 1940s. His international influence is all the more amazing when one considers that most of his architecture was built in the provincial town of Hilversum. Travel, word-of-mouth, and literature spread the news of his humane, modern approach to building design. The more than 1,200 bibliographic entries in this work are presented alphabetically by decades and further by genres. Each is summarized, described, and evaluated in the context of a critical overview of Dudok's career. Architectural scholars and students will profit from this comprehensive guide to the international literature on one of the most emulated champions of modern architecture.

For too long, much was made in the English-language architectural literature of Germany's pioneer role in developing Modernism. That contribution was undeniably valuable, but the Dutch were unfairly overlooked; however, Dudok's work was not. Hilversum became a magnet for young foreign architects in the 1930s. He cast his spell upon much of continental Europe, the United States and Britain, and throughout the 1940s his style was so widely mimicked that a new adjective was coined: dudoky. This volume will reintroduce the importance of Dudok's work to today's scholars and students.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Readers' Guide
Dudok: An Evaluation
Annotated Bibliography
Guide to Archives
List of Works
Index of Personal Names

About the author

DONALD LANGMEAD is an adjunct professor at Louis Laybourne Smith School of Design, University of South Australia. Now retired, his primary training is as an architect, although he has spent most of his professional life in academia. He holds postgraduate qualifications in city planning, and the history of architecture. Langmead has published nine books in the field (four as joint author) in Australia and the USA, as well as many articles in Australian and overseas journals.

Summary

This self-taught Dutch architect was among the most widely copied architects of the 1930s and 1940s.

Product details

• Authors: Donald Langmead, Langmead Donald
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780313294259
• ISBN: 978-0-313-29425-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Bio-Bibliographies in Art and; Bio-Bibliographies in Art and Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential, Individual architects & architectural firms, ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, Netherlands, Residential buildings, domestic buildings, Architecture: residential and domestic buildings, Individual architects and architectural firms, Theory of architecture, Bibliographies, catalogues, Popular Culture: Media, Television, and Radio