Schwarzer, Mitchell.

German architectural theory and the search for modern identity / Mitchell Schwarzer.

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

xiv, 364 pages ; 24 cm

German Architectural Theory and the Search for Modern Identity presents for the first time to English-language readers an overview of the theories on architecture in nineteenth-century Austria and Germany. Drawing on writings by architects, historians, philosophers, and critics, Mitchell Schwarzer offers an exhaustive history of the debates on style, industry, nationalism, iron technology, and artistic expression, all of which inform modern architecture. He argues that architecture in the modern era cannot be explained according to the progress of structural, functional, or artistic forces. Rather, he establishes modernity as a series of debates on the parameters of architectural knowledge itself and the identity of the architectural profession in a rapidly industrializing world. Describing theory through its conflicts and unresolved questions, Schwarzer uncovers the complex nature of modern pluralism, one that is deeply relevant at the turn of the millennium.

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Architectural criticism Austria History 19th century.
Architects Austria Psychology.
Architectural criticism Germany History 19th century.
Architects Germany Biography.
Critique d'architecture Autriche Histoire 19e siècle.
Architectes Autriche Psychologie.
Critique d'architecture Allemagne Histoire 19e siècle.
Architectes Allemagne Biographies.
Architects.
Architects Psychology.
Architectural criticism.
Architectuurtheorieën.
Modernisme (cultuur)
Architectural criticism Austria.
Architects Austria.
Architectural criticism Germany.
Architects Germany.
Austria.
Germany.
Architecture History

Biography
Theses.
Biographies.
History.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 83900
Cote: ID NA2599.5.S3; ID:95-B3360
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