A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
From “National Style” to “Rationalized Construction”
examines architectural critique of housing and style as it unfolded in the East German journal (German architecture) from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. Through an analysis of articles published in the journal as well as primary source documents, investigates the reception of newly built housing developments in East Germany by a group of influential socialist architects, historians, and critics who were then writing for . Pugh highlights individual architects’ attempts to subvert or resist the control of state and party authorities and considers how these individuals’ efforts might have influenced the development of the East German building economy. She also argues that these architects’ understanding of architectural modernism differed from that of their counterparts in the Cold War West, having been influenced by political and economic circumstances specific to East Germany.
From “National Style” to “Rationalized Construction”
examines architectural critique of housing and style as it unfolded in the East German journal (German architecture) from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. Through an analysis of articles published in the journal as well as primary source documents, investigates the reception of newly built housing developments in East Germany by a group of influential socialist architects, historians, and critics who were then writing for . Pugh highlights individual architects’ attempts to subvert or resist the control of state and party authorities and considers how these individuals’ efforts might have influenced the development of the East German building economy. She also argues that these architects’ understanding of architectural modernism differed from that of their counterparts in the Cold War West, having been influenced by political and economic circumstances specific to East Germany.
From “National Style” to “Rationalized Construction”
2015
Article (Journal)
English
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