Peter Rowe explores the social, cultural, and expressive history of housing at two crucial moments: the first large-scale developments along modernist lines in the 1920s, and the widespread reconsideration of modernist principles in the 1970s.
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Peter Rowe explores the social, cultural, and expressive history of housing at two crucial moments: the first large-scale developments along modernist lines in the 1920s, and the widespread reconsideration of modernist principles in the 1970s.
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VG, clean and tight / Good-dj has 5 small, tape-repaired tears and part of an old price sticker on front cover. Black cloth/boards with silver lettering. 408 pp. with 296 bw figures. Starting from the question of how the design of modern housing can be successful, Rowe explores the social, cultural and expressive history of housing at two crucial moments: the first large-scale developments along modernist lines in the 1920s and the widespread reconsideration of modernist principles in the 1970s. The case studies cover Sunnyside Gardens in NY; Romerstadt in Frankfurt; Kiefhoek in Rotterdam; the Byker Redevelopment in Newcastle, England; Villa Victoria in Boston; and the Malagueira Quarter in Evora, Portugal. Includes an appendix of annotated and statistical summaries of data and notes for all the projects in the text.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil & highlighter markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1300grams, ISBN: 9780262680875.
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1993, MIT Press
Hardcover
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Publisher:
MIT Press
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(1993)
Language:
English
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9522157965
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Textual illustrations. Minor rubbing. Small ink mark to bottom page-edge., dustwrapper. 29x20cm, 408 pp, In a chipped and rubbed dustwrapper. "Starting from the question of how can the design of modern housing can be successful, Peter Rowe explores the social, cultural, and expressive history of housing at two crucial moments: the first large-scale developments along modernist lines in the 1920s, and the widespread reconsideration of modernist principles in the 1970s. Although the inquiry is conducted along historical and theoretical lines, it proposes to uncover practicial principles that may guide the design of modern housing, each principle responding to a contemporary architectural paradox posed by modern conditions. Six detailed case studies form the illustrative centerpiece of the book. "Modernity and Housing" embraces three more or less parallel themes concerning modernity: the rise of technocracy and the attendant tendency of modern space to become universal while the experience of time is confined to the present; the problem of representation for a culture in which subject-centered reason has replaced metaphysical foundations; and social practices that give rise to urban concentrations and the production of mass housing on an unprecedented scale. Within these themes, the modern experience of space and time philosophically grounds discussion of local and traditional versus universal and novel building practices. The perspective of subject-centred reason grounds the exploration of the use of abstract forms and the comcomitant problem of providing for an expressive architectural language.., . "-Publisher's description.
