Rebuilding Babel : modern architecture and internationalism / Mark Crinson.
Rebuilding Babel : modern architecture and internationalism / Mark Crinson.
Rebuilding Babel : modern architecture and internationalism / Mark Crinson.
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Publisher
London ; New York, NY : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2017.
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G 2017/3507
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
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Publisher
London ; New York, NY : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
Much of modernist architecture was inspired by the emergence of internationalism: the ethics and politics of world peace, justice and unity through global collaboration. Mark Crinson here shows how the ideals represented by the Tower of Babel - built, so the story goes, by people united by one language - were effectively adapted by internationalist...
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Rebuilding Babel : modern architecture and internationalism / Mark Crinson.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2017/3507
Record Identifier
74VKVLlZjRvA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVLlZjRvA
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ISBN
1784537128 hardback
9781784537128 hardback
DDC
724.6
MMS ID
991024113015202626
