Main entry:

Barnstone, Deborah Ascher.

Title & Author:

The transparent state : architecture and politics in postwar Germany / Deborah Ascher Barnstone.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Description:

xviii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-269) and index.
Transparency ideology -- Transparency in German architecture before and after the War -- The quest for an open society -- Looking in the mirror : transparency after 1989 -- A metaphor for the new Germany -- House of openness, architecture of encounter -- Coming to terms with the past : transparency in Norman Foster's Reichstag -- Why transparency?

Summary:

"This book examines the transformation of transparency as a metaphor in West German political thought to an analogy for democratic architecture, questioning the prevailing assumption in German architectural circles that transparency in governmental buildings can be equated with openness, accessibility, and greater democracy." "Transparency is an important issue in contemporary architectural practice; this book will appeal to both the practicing architect and the architectural historian."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

0415700183 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780415700184 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0415700191 (softcover ; alk. paper)
9780415700191 (softcover ; alk. paper)
0203799887 (e-book ; alk. paper)
9780203799888 (e-book ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Behnisch, Günter 1922-2010
Foster, Norman 1935-
Schwippert, Hans 1899-1973
Architecture and state Germany.
Public buildings Germany.
Transparency in architecture Germany.
Transparency (Ethics) in government Germany.
Architecture and state.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale.
Bâtiments publics Allemagne.
Transparence en architecture Allemagne.
Transparence (Sciences sociales) Allemagne.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Allemagne.
Public buildings.
Transparency in architecture.
Transparency in government.
Architektur
Beleuchtung
Politik
Öffentliches Gebäude
Architecture and state Germany History.
Transparency in government Germany.
Germany History 1945-
Allemagne Histoire 1945-
Germany.
Deutschland
Reichstagsgebäude

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 234027
Call No.: NA4299.B37 2005
Status: Available