| Modernism London Style: The Art Deco Heritage Contributor(s): Rauhut, Christoph (Editor), Lehmann, Niels (Photographer) |
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ISBN: 3777480312 ISBN-13: 9783777480312 Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH OUR PRICE: $44.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Architecture | Regional - Architecture | Criticism |
| Dewey: 720.9 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 9.5" W x 11.1" (2.70 lbs) 216 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In the 1920s, London was a city on the cusp of change. Just as dance halls and jazz-age decadence displaced wartime austerity, a new generation of artists and designers sought to enliven the city's architecture, erecting dazzling buildings in the emerging art deco style. In contrast with the aging Victorian structures that dotted the city, these bright and colorful buildings--from the Hoover factory to the Ideal House by Raymond Hood, who later designed New York's Rockefeller Center--communicated the city's aspirations as a thriving, modern metropolis. In the decades since, London's art deco buildings have lost none of their appeal. Millions of visitors gaze up at the headquarters of the Daily Telegraph and the nearby Daily Express, take in the elegance of Eltham Palace, or sip a martini at the Savoy. The city's most popular art deco attraction, however, is the London Underground, which boasts a series of art deco and modernist stations, designed throughout the 1920s and '30s by noted architect Charles Holden. In Modernism London Style, architectural historian Christoph Rauhut, with the help of three hundred photographs by Niels Lehmann, captures the architectural art deco heritage of London in a thrilling photographic tour. A portrait of the city during the interwar years, it chronicles the creativity of the artists and designers of the period--and the currents in the city's culture that helped shape their work. Insightful essays and an introduction by architecture scholar Adam Caruso shed light on some of the key features that characterize art deco, from floral and animal motifs to Egyptian themes. For readers planning a trip to London and hoping to place these striking buildings, the book also includes a detailed register and maps. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rauhut, Christoph: - Christoph Rauhut works for the German Cultural Heritage Committee in Berlin.Lehmann, Niels: - Niels Lehmann is a Zürich-based architect and architectural photographer. |