Main entry:

Bullock, Nicholas.

Title & Author:

Building the post-war world : modern architecture and reconstruction in Britain / Nicholas Bullock.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Description:

xiv, 287 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Prologue: The war-time debate on reconstruction -- 2. The war-time debate -- 3. The search for new directions after 1945 -- 4. 1951: from debate to practice -- 5. Old masters and young Turks: the formation of a new avant-garde -- 6. Rethinking CIAM's ideal of the city -- 7. Preparing for reconstruction: plans for housing, 1942-45 -- 8. New ways of building for houses and schools -- 9. Housing versus architecture: London 1940-49 -- 10. Building by the local authorities: schools and housing -- 11. The revival of private and commercial practice -- 12. Conclusion.

Summary:

"Building the Post-war World examines the way in which World War II and the ten years of reconstruction that followed saw the establishment of modern architecture in Britain. It charts the opportunities created by post-war rebuilding showing how the spirit of innovation and experimentation necessary to winning the war found applications in reconstruction. Above all it shows how hopes for a new and better world became linked to the fortunes of new architecture." -- Provided by publisher.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780415221788 (hardback)
0415221781 (hardback)
9780415221795 (paperback)
041522179X (paperback)

Subject:

Bürger, Christa 1935- Postmoderne
Modern movement (Architecture) Great Britain.
Urban renewal Great Britain History 20th century.
Reconstruction (1939-1951) Great Britain.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) Grande-Bretagne.
Rénovation urbaine Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle.
Reconstruction, 1939-1951 Grande-Bretagne.
Reconstruction (1939-1951)
Modern movement (Architecture)
Urban renewal
Architektur
Moderne
Städtebau
Wiederaufbau
Bouwkunst.
Wederopbouw.
Arquitetura moderna.
Great Britain
Großbritannien

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 232491
Call No.: NA968.5.M64 B8 2002
Status: Available