LEADER 03191oam 2200673I 450 001 9910784091603321 005 20230617040639.0 010 $a1-135-99646-6 010 $a1-135-99647-4 010 $a1-280-16806-4 010 $a0-203-79988-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203799888 035 $a(CKB)1000000000255462 035 $a(EBL)198342 035 $a(OCoLC)475901662 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000261727 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11207496 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000261727 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10268750 035 $a(PQKB)10531964 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC198342 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL198342 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10162745 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL16806 035 $a(OCoLC)252998706 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000255462 100 $a20180331d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe transparent state $earchitecture and politics in postwar Germany /$fDeborah Ascher Barnstone 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (294 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-70018-3 311 $a0-415-70019-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 260-269) and index. 327 $aBook 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 Gu?nter Behnisch; Appendix 3 Biography of Norman Foster; Appendix 4 Happiness and Glass Hans Schwippert; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aExamining 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 culture and national identity, a connection that began before unification of the German state in 606 $aArchitecture and state$zGermany 606 $aPublic buildings$zGermany 606 $aTransparency in architecture$zGermany 606 $aTransparency in government$zGermany 607 $aGermany$xHistory$y1945- 615 0$aArchitecture and state 615 0$aPublic buildings 615 0$aTransparency in architecture 615 0$aTransparency in government 676 $a725/.1/094309045 700 $aBarnstone$b Deborah Ascher.$0846318 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784091603321 996 $aThe transparent state$93817097 997 $aUNINA