Environmental Design Architecture, Politics, and Science in Postwar America |
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| Author:
| Sachs, Avigail |
| Series title: | Midcentury Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-4755-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2021 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.50 |
Book Description:
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Details the rise of modernist ideas in the architectural disciplines within the novel context of sociopolitical rather than aesthetic responsibilities. Viewing architectural practice as rooted in Progressive Era politics and the democratic process, Sachs plots how these social concepts spread via influential architecture schools.
Details the rise of modernist ideas in the architectural disciplines within the novel context of sociopolitical rather than aesthetic responsibilities. Viewing architectural practice as rooted in Progressive Era politics and the democratic process, Sachs plots how these social concepts spread via influential architecture schools.