
Modernism and Modernization in Architecture
Helen Castle(Editor)
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 23. February 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-471-98469-6 (ISBN)
Description
Despite the plethora of books on the 1930's Modern Movement and the post-war interpretation of the International Style, there has been little or no attempt to address the resurgence of modernism in the 1990s. Rather than a contemporary style "the modern" represents a cultural shift. It spans all aspects of contemporary life from politics to furniture design. This movement distinguishes itself by its thirst for modernity, for its desire to pursue the progressive and the innovative, and to modernize and rationalize, whatever discipline is involved, whether it is in tackling legislation or an interior's styling. Consumer orientated, unlike its aesthetic antecedents, contemporary modernism's image is one that owes much to the propagation of the media. Unlike the earnest intellectuals of the modern movement, contemporary modernists are portrayed as hip, urban young hedonists with money to spend. This text invites discussion by placing architecture in this broader context.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations (chiefly colour) facsimiles, plans, portraits (some colour)
Dimensions
Height: 28 cm
Width: 22 cm
Weight
648 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-98469-6 (9780471984696)
Schweitzer Classification
Content
SHORT INTRODUCTORY ESSAY; SERIES OF SPREADS (DOUBLE-PAGE SPREAD WITH SHORT STATEMENT FROM RELEVANT PERSON/INSTITUTION); Elle Decoration; Wallpaper; Conran on Resaurants, Shops and Books; Labour Party; Spreads Featuring New Architectural Projects that Capture the New Mood of Modernism; ESSAYS TO INCLUDE SUBJECT MATTERS SUCH AS; The Assimilation of Architecture and Other Design Products; The Modernist Building as an Object of Desire; Architecture and Fashion; Architecture and Politics; Modernist Restaurants and Retail Space.