| Architecture and Revolution: Contemporary Perspectives on Central and Eastern Europe Contributor(s): Leach, Neil (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415139147 ISBN-13: 9780415139144 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1999 Annotation: In 1989 Europe witnessed some of the most dramatic events of the twentieth century, with the fall of the Iron Curtain and the collapse of the Soviet Bloc. These original essays address the problems and questions architects, planners and politicians in Central and Eastern Europe have had to consider in formulating a new architecture for a new Europe. The buildings that have been inherited from the communist era bring with them a range of problems, such as environmentally inadequate or structurally unsound architecture, or others, that have been designed to serve a defunct social program. This collection of essays by internationally renowned architects, philosophers and cultural theorists represent a snapshot of informed opinion on these issues. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Criticism - Architecture | History - General - Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning |
| Dewey: 720.103 |
| LCCN: 98-26183 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.36" W x 9.44" (1.34 lbs) 254 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1990's - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Architecture and Revolution explores the consequences of the 1989 revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe from an architectural perspective. It presents new writings from a team of renowned architects, philosophers and cultural theorists from both the East and the West. They explore the questions over the built environment that now face architects, planners and politicians in the region. They examine the problems of buildings inherited from the communist era: some are environmentally inadequate, many were designed to serve a now redundant social programme and others carry the stigma of association with previous regimes. Contributors include: Daniel Libeskind, Bernard Tschumi, Laura Mulvey, Helene Cixous, Andrew Benjamin and Frederic Jameson. |