Trans-Atlantic engagements : German educators' contribution to and impact on US architectural education / Steffen Lehmann ; preface by Alexander Eisenschmidt ; foreword by Peter Bosselmann.

Main entry:

Lehmann, Steffen, author.

Title & Author:

Trans-Atlantic engagements : German educators' contribution to and impact on US architectural education / Steffen Lehmann ; preface by Alexander Eisenschmidt ; foreword by Peter Bosselmann.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

[Novato, CA] : Oro Editions, [2021]
©2021

Description:

v, 211 pages : illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-203) and name index.
Early German influences, immigration and assimilation -- The historical cases and a timeline of 200 years -- consolidation of the modernist approach in the US architectural education -- The current context and a map -- Trans-Atlantic engagements today: German educators currently at US schools of architecture -- The interviews with current educators.

Summary:

The pedagogical experiments of the Bauhaus, imported by Gropius, Mies, Hilberseimer and others to the US system, challenged traditional Beaux-Arts thinking and played a crucial role in shaping modern architectural education. Historically, the German architectural training has been different from the Franco-Italian model. New interdisciplinary and technology-focused modes of teaching architecture and design had a long-lasting impact, however, are now again transformed by German-trained educators currently active in reshaping curricula. The conversations reveal the critical and independent thinking of this group of educators, and how they make a meaningful contribution to the discourse of architectural education appropriate to the 21st century. The book provides insight into the ways in which these German-born educators influence architectural and design education in the United States to this day.

ISBN:

9781951541484 (paperback)
1951541480 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture Study and teaching History.
Architecture Étude et enseignement Histoire.
Architecture Study and teaching

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Eisenschmidt, Alexander, writer of preface.
Bosselmann, Peter, writer of foreword.

Contribution and impact of German educators to US architectural education

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309614
Call No.: BIB 254830
Status: Available

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