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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822054503321

Autore

James Kathleen <1960, >

Titolo

German architecture for a mass audience / / Kathleen James-Chakraborty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-68960-8

1-134-68961-6

0-203-44944-4

1-280-31883-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Disciplina

720.9430904

Soggetti

Modern movement (Architecture) - Social aspects - Germany

Architecture - Germany

Popular culture - Germany - Influence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Space; Simplicity; Spirituality; Spectacle; Postwar legacy; The new Berlin; Conclusion; Notes; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book illustrates the ways in which buildings designed by Germany's most celebrated twentieth century architects were embedded in widely held beliefs about the power of architecture to influence society.