A blessing in disguise : war and town planning in Europe, 1940-1945 / [editors] Jörn Düwel, Niels Gutschow.
Berlin : DOM Publishers, [2013]
©2013
415 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans (some color) ; 31 cm
There is a sense, in which the demolition that is taking place through the war has not yet gone far enough." This astonishing statement was made in the thick of the Second World War (1942) by the influential American social and cultural critic Lewis Mumford. In most of the cities hit hardest by the air-raids, something akin to planning euphoria did in fact break out at that time. In all the countries of Europe, the devastation of the cities was acclaimed as a liberating factor. In this volume, historians and architects from various cultures analyse the ideas and convictions on which post-war urban planning was modelled. To illustrate the points, a number of towns and cities in different countries are discussed with reference to the planning schemes proposed for them and other documents.
9783869222950 (hardback)
3869222956
Reconstruction (1939-1951) Europe Exhibitions.
Urban renewal Europe History 20th century Exhibitions.
City planning Europe History 20th century Exhibitions.
Cities and towns Europe History 20th century Exhibitions.
Buildings War damage Europe Exhibitions.
Reconstruction, 1939-1951 Europe Expositions.
Rénovation urbaine Europe Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Villes Europe Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
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Buildings War damage
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Düwel, Jörn, editor.
Gutschow, Niels, editor.
Düwel, Jörn
Gutschow, Niels
Wagenaar, Cor
Kuchenbuch, David
Couperus, Stefan
Hewitt, Kenneth
Cohen, Jean-Louis
Khmelʹnit︠s︡kiĭ, Dmitriĭ
Diefendorf, Jeffry M., 1945-
Freie Akademie der Künste in Hamburg, host institutin.
Freie Akademie der Künste in Hamburg
Location: Library main 285151
Call No.: BIB 224495
Status: Available
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