Building the Post-war World: Modern Architecture and Reconstruction in BritainBuilding the Post-war World examines the way in which World War II and the ten years of reconstruction that followed saw the establishment of modern architecture in Britain. It charts the opportunities created by post-war rebuilding showing how the spirit of innovation and experimentation necessary to winning the war found applications in reconstruction. Above all it shows how hopes for a new and better world became linked to the fortunes of new architecture. |
Contents
Prologue The wartime debate on reconstruction | 3 |
The wartime debate | 25 |
The search for new directions after 1945 | 39 |
1951 from debate to practice | 61 |
Old masters and young Turks the formation of a new avantgarde | 95 |
Rethinking CIAMs ideal of the city | 131 |
Preparing for reconstruction plans for housing 194245 | 151 |
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Building the Post-war World: Modern Architecture and Reconstruction in Britain Nicholas Bullock No preview available - 2002 |
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