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UNINA9910815832203321 |
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Autore |
Barnstone Deborah Ascher |
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Titolo |
The transparent state : architecture and politics in postwar Germany / / Deborah Ascher Barnstone |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-99646-6 |
1-135-99647-4 |
1-280-16806-4 |
0-203-79988-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (294 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Architecture and state - Germany |
Public buildings - Germany |
Transparency in architecture - Germany |
Transparency in government - Germany |
Germany History 1945- |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-269) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Transparency ideology; 2 Transparency in German architecture before and after the War; 3 The quest for an open society; 4 Looking in the mirror transparency after 1989; 5 A metaphor for the new Germany; 6 House of openness architecture of encounter; 7 Coming to terms with the past: transparency in Norman Foster's Reichstag; 8 Why transparency; Appendix 1 Biography of Hans Schwippert; Appendix 2 Biography of Günter Behnisch; Appendix 3 Biography of Norman Foster; Appendix 4 Happiness and Glass Hans Schwippert; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Examining the transformation of transparency as a metaphor in West German political thought to an analogy for democratic architecture, this book questions the prevailing assumption in German architectural circles that transparency in governmental buildings can be equated with openness, accessibility and greater democracy.The Transparent State traces the development of transparency in German political and architectural culture, tying this lineage to the relationship between |
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