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The book reproduces a series of the collages made by David Wild. Their subject is modern architecture in the first half of the twentieth century: in the Netherlands, in Russia, and in the work of Le Corbusier. The method of the book is to show a collage on a right-hand page; then on the facing page is a (...)
Fragments of utopia: collage reflections of heroic modernism
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The book reproduces a series of the collages made by David Wild. Their subject is modern architecture in the first half of the twentieth century: in the Netherlands, in Russia, and in the work of Le Corbusier. The method of the book is to show a collage on a right-hand page; then on the facing page is a prose commentary by Wild and supporting smaller images. Introducing the book, David Wild explains that the impulse for this work lies in the aftermath of a fire in his house: his scorched books lent themselves to collage. He goes on to sketch the cultural-political climate in Britain over the last 40 years: the backdrop to his work as an architect and (less directly) to this book. In the opening section on the Netherlands, the leading theme is an architecture of social equity and continuity. Rooted in old cultural traditions, and in the particular ‘football-pitch’ landscape of the country, modern architecture could realise some of its dreams in everyday buildings. Postage stamps play an active part in many of the book’s collages, and especially in this section: the design of stamps flourished in the Netherlands, through the enlightened patronage of the Dutch post office — with several architects designing stamps too. Politics and history come to prominence in the Russian section, as a motivating force in the work of the early 1920s, and then as a heavy burden — with the onset of totalitarian control and repression. At the centre of the discussion here is the architecture of constructivism: formally brilliant, but with a clear social programme. Flight and the exploration of space are recurring topics in this section, as another and particularly Russian dimension of utopian striving The work of Le Corbusier, in Europe, North and South America, Russia and India, is treated in the third section. Le Corbusier is presented as a brilliant artist, a master architect of the greatest skill and the greatest ambition — and without scruple in pursuing commissions. The images and text follow him into the years after the Second World War, culminating in the work in India. Here there is a vision of another kind of politics, of co-operation and non-violence.
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January 1900, London
Graphic Designers, Monographs
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The two way stretch : modernism, tradition and innovation
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April 1996, London
Architectural Theory
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In this study, Kathleen James examines Mendelsohn's department stores, office buildings and cinemas. She shows that in these buildings, Mendelsohn's architecture closely reflected the controversies over modernity, including relativity, consumerism, and urban planning, that raged during the years of the Weimar Republic.
Erich Mendelsohn and the architecture of German modernism
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In this study, Kathleen James examines Mendelsohn's department stores, office buildings and cinemas. She shows that in these buildings, Mendelsohn's architecture closely reflected the controversies over modernity, including relativity, consumerism, and urban planning, that raged during the years of the Weimar Republic.
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August 1997, Cambridge
Architecture Monographs
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128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Basel ; Boston, Mass. : Birkhäuser, ©2000.
Young British architects / Jeremy Melvin.
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Basel ; Boston, Mass. : Birkhäuser, ©2000.
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155 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
New York : Rizzoli International in association with the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 2008.
Tadao Ando : Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth / [Philip Jodidio].
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New York : Rizzoli International in association with the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 2008.
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The exhibition sets its sights on modernity's design for a more humane and contemporary society since the early twentieth century: a design for new forms of living and new cityscapes. What happened to this utopia? With works by Yona Friedman, Giuseppe Gabellone, Cyprien Gaillard, Isa Genzken, Dan Graham, Gordon Matta-Clark, Florian Pumhösl, Jeroen de Rijke / Willem de(...)
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September 2009
Modernism as a ruin: an archaeology of the present
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The exhibition sets its sights on modernity's design for a more humane and contemporary society since the early twentieth century: a design for new forms of living and new cityscapes. What happened to this utopia? With works by Yona Friedman, Giuseppe Gabellone, Cyprien Gaillard, Isa Genzken, Dan Graham, Gordon Matta-Clark, Florian Pumhösl, Jeroen de Rijke / Willem de Rooij, Robert Smithson, Rob Voerman, Stephen Willats.
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vi, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2025]
Finding Ella Briggs : the life and work of an unconventional architect / Despina Stratigakos and Elana Shapira ; with contributors Megan Brandow-Faller, [and 13 others].
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Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2025]
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London : Open Humanities Press, 2021.
A stubborn fury : how writing works in elitist Britain / Gary Hall.
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London : Open Humanities Press, 2021.
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279 pages : chiefly illustrations, plans ; 25 cm
Ciudad de México : Arquine, 2020.
Alonso de Garay : Taller ADG / [interview by] Miquel Adria, Carlos de la Mora.
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Ciudad de México : Arquine, 2020.
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xiv, 257 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.
Alternative visions of post-war reconstruction : creating the modern townscape / edited by John Pendlebury, Erdem Erten and Peter J. Larkham.
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London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.