Modernity and housing / Peter G. Rowe.

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Rowe, Peter G.

Title & Author:

Modernity and housing / Peter G. Rowe.

Publication:

Description:

408 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-400) and index.
1. Conditions of modernity. The rise and rearrangement of the modern technical orientation ; Time, space, and technology ; Representation and modern forms of rationality ; Normative programs for living ; Orthodox and post modernity -- 2. Modern housing on the rise, 1920-1930. Precursors and contemporary developments ; Postwar production in three nations ; Three projects in three cities ; A modern approach to housing -- 3. Modern housing in crisis and transition, 1970-1980. Booms and developments of the postwar years ; Form, identity, and a crisis of meaning ; Three projects in three places ; Reformed modernism -- 4. Situating modern housing architecturally. Being and becoming ; Open-endedness and predetermination ; Redundancy and precision ; Normalcy and distinction ; Appreciable abstraction ; Projects in the city ; Modern housing in situ -- Appendix A: Profiles of selected housing projects -- Appendix B: Profiles of housing production.
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Dust jacket.

Summary:

Explores the social, cultural, and expressive history of housing during two periods: the large-scale developments in the 1920s, and the widespread modernist principles in the 1970s. A theoretical and historical inquiry, the text also aims to inspire the design of modern housing.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0262181517
9780262181518

Subject:

Housing History 20th century Case studies.
Housing development History 20th century Case studies.
Architecture, Domestic Case studies.
Architecture, Domestic 20th century Case studies.
Architecture, Domestic History 20th century Case studies.
Logement 20e siècle Histoire Cas, Études de.
Promotion résidentielle 20e siècle Histoire Cas, Études de.
Architecture domestique 20e siècle Études de cas.
Promotion résidentielle Histoire 20e siècle Études de cas.
Architecture, Domestic
Housing
Housing development
Bouwkunst.
Woningbouw.
Housing History

Form/genre:

Case studies
History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 86419
Call No.: HD7287.R68 (ID:93-B1876)
Status: Available

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