German Architecture for a Mass Audience

This book vividly illustrates the ways in which buildings designed by many of Germany's most celebrated twentieth century architects were embedded in widely held beliefs about the power of architecture to influence society. German Architecture for a Mass Audience also demonstrates the way in which these modernist ideas have been challenged and transformed, most recently in the rebuilding of central Berlin.

List of contents

Acknowledgements. List of Illustrations. Chapter 1 - Space. Chapter 2 - Simplicity. Chapter 3 - Spirituality. Chapter 4 - Spectacle. Chapter 5 - Postwar Legacy. Chapter 6 - The New Berlin. Conclusion. Bibliography.

About the author

Kathleen James-Chakraborty

Summary

This book illustrates the ways in which buildings designed by Germany's most celebrated twentieth century architects were embedded widely held beliefts about the power of architecture to influence society.

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen James-Chakraborty, James-Chakraborty Kathleen
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.09.2000
• EAN: 9780415236546
• ISBN: 978-0-415-23654-6
• No. of pages: 182
• Weight: 340 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, farbige Illustrationen
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Germany, 20th Century, ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, Architectural structure & design, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Theory of architecture, Architectural structure and design