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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 pre-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. |
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Print version record. |
Contents |
Modernity in Eastern Europe -- East European modernism? -- Architects as experts of the social : a new type entering the European scene -- Organising new architectural goals -- Communicating social change through architecture -- Materialising the international agenda: Warszawa Funkcjonalna -- Under pressure : modernist architects and the rise of political extremes. |
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English. |
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Modern movement (Architecture) -- Europe, Eastern.
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Architecture -- Europe, Eastern.
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Mouvement moderne (Architecture) -- Europe de l'Est.
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Architecture -- Europe de l'Est.
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History of architecture.
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ARCHITECTURE -- History -- Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
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Architecture
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Modern movement (Architecture)
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Eastern Europe
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Indexed Term |
modernism |
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architecture |
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urbanism |
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modernist architects |
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East Central Europe |
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Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR |
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OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) OAPEN |
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Print version: KOHLRAUSCH, MARTIN. BROKERS OF MODERNITY. [Place of publication not identified] : LEUVEN UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2019 9462701725 (OCoLC)1085637420 |
ISBN |
9789461662545 (electronic bk.) |
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9461662548 (electronic bk.) |
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9462701725 |
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9789462701724 |
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9789461662781 (online) |
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9461662785 |
Standard No. |
10.11116/9789461662545 doi |
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AU@ 000065260397 |
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AU@ 000066379886 |
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AU@ 000065101463 |
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