Making dystopia: : the strange rise and survival of architectural barbarism / James Stevens Curl wit...
Making dystopia: : the strange rise and survival of architectural barbarism / James Stevens Curl wit...
Making dystopia: : the strange rise and survival of architectural barbarism / James Stevens Curl with a Prolegomenon by Timothy Brittain-Catlin.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
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G 2018/5653
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxxviii, 551 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2018.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
James Stevens Curl tells the story of the advent of architectural modernism in the aftermath of the First World War, its protagonists, and its astonishing, almost global acceptance after 1945. He argues forcefully that the triumph of architectural modernism in the second half of the twentieth century led to massive destruction, the creation of alie...
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Full title
Making dystopia: : the strange rise and survival of architectural barbarism / James Stevens Curl with a Prolegomenon by Timothy Brittain-Catlin.
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Notes
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Includes bibliography and index.
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G 2018/5653
Record Identifier
74VKV8Rdr7yM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV8Rdr7yM
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ISBN
9780198753698 hardback
0198753691 hardback
DDC
724.6
MMS ID
991024188560802626
