Modernity and housing

Modernity and housing / Peter G. Rowe.

Explores the social, cultural, and expressive history of housing during two periods: the large-scale developments in the 1920s, and the widespread modernist principles in the 1970s. A theoretical and historical inquiry, the text also aims to inspire the design of modern housing.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rowe, Peter G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1995.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Housing > History > 20th century > Case studies.
Housing development > History > 20th century > Case studies.
Architecture, Domestic > Case studies.
Modern movement (Architecture) > Case studies.
Architecture, Domestic.
dwellings.
Architecture, Domestic
Housing
Housing development
Modern movement (Architecture)
Bouwkunst.
Woningbouw.
Architecture, Domestic > 20th century > Case studies.
Case studies
History
Case studies.
Études de cas.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Conditions of modernity. The rise and rearrangement of the modern technical orientation ; Time, space, and technology ; Representation and modern forms of rationality ; Normative programs for living ; Orthodox and post modernity
  • 2. Modern housing on the rise, 1920-1930. Precursors and contemporary developments ; Postwar production in three nations ; Three projects in three cities ; A modern approach to housing
  • 3. Modern housing in crisis and transition, 1970-1980. Booms and developments of the postwar years ; Form, identity, and a crisis of meaning ; Three projects in three places ; Reformed modernism
  • 4. Situating modern housing architecturally. Being and becoming ; Open-endedness and predetermination ; Redundancy and precision ; Normalcy and distinction ; Appreciable abstraction ; Projects in the city ; Modern housing in situ
  • Appendix A: Profiles of selected housing projects
  • Appendix B: Profiles of housing production.

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