03086oam 22005414a 450 991031192860332120240806185719.094-6270-172-510.11116/9789461662545(CKB)4100000007762249(OAPEN)1004223(WaSeSS)IndRDA00120592(OCoLC)1089449662(MdBmJHUP)muse73500(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/27474(EXLCZ)99410000000776224920190322d2019 uy 0engurmu#---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBrokers of ModernityEast Central Europe and the Rise of Modernist Architects, 1910-1950 /Martin KohlrauschLeuvenLeuven University Press2019Baltimore, Maryland :Project Muse,2019©20191 online resource (399 pages) PDF, digital file(s)Print version: 9789462701724 Includes bibliographical references and index.Modernity in Eastern Europe--East European modernism? -- Architects as experts of the social : a new type entering the European scene -- Organising new architectural goals -- Communicating social change through architecture -- Materialising the international agenda: Warszawa Funkcjonalna -- Under pressure : modernist architects and the rise of political extremes.The story of modernist architects in East Central Europe. The first half of the twentieth century witnessed the rise of modernist architects. Brokers of Modernity reveals how East Central Europe turned into one of the pre-eminent testing grounds of the new belief system of modernism. By combining the internationalism of the CIAM organization and the modernising aspirations of the new states built after 1918, the reach of modernist architects extended far beyond their established fields. Yet, these architects paid a price when Europe's age of extremes intensified. Mainly drawing on Polish, but also wider Central and Eastern European cases, this book delivers a pioneering study of the dynamics of modernist architects as a group, including how they became qualified, how they organized, communicated and attempted to live the modernist lifestyle themselves. In doing so, Brokers of Modernity raises questions concerning collective work in general and also invites us to examine the social role of architects today.ArchitectureEurope, EasternModern movement (Architecture)Europe, Easternmodernismarchitectureurbanismmodernist architectsEast Central EuropeArchitectureModern movement (Architecture)720.940904Kohlrausch Martin891753MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910311928603321Brokers of modernity1991624UNINA