Main entry:

Curl, James Stevens, 1937- author.

Title & Author:

Making dystopia : the strange rise and survival of architectural barbarism / James Stevens Curl with a Prolegomenon by Timothy Brittain-Catlin.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Description:

xxxviii, 551 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prolegomenon, Timothy Brittain-Catlin -- Origins of a Catastrophe -- Makers of Mythologies & False Analogies -- Modernism in Germany in the Aftermath of the 1914-18 War -- The International Style 1920s & 1930s -- The International Style Truly International -- Universal Acceptance of the International Style: A Surprising Aftermath of 1945 -- Descent to Deformity -- Dangerous Signals -- Some Further Reflections.

Summary:

James Stevens Curl tells the story of the advent of architectural modernism in the aftermath of the First World War, its protagonists, and its astonishing, almost global acceptance after 1945. He argues forcefully that the triumph of architectural modernism in the second half of the twentieth century led to massive destruction, the creation of alien urban landscapes, and a huge waste of resources. Moreover, the coming of modernism was not an inevitable, seamless evolution, as many have insisted, but a massive, unparalled disruption that demanded a clean slate and the elimination of all ornament, decoration, and choice.

ISBN:

0198753691 (hardback)
9780198753698 (hardback)
(eBook)
9780191068157
0191068152

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 304633
Call No.: BIB 250277
Status: Available