Weissenhof 1927 and the modern movement in architecture / Richard Pommer, Christian F. Otto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pommer, Richard.

Contributor:

Otto, Christian F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Domestic--Germany--Stuttgart.

Architecture, Domestic.

International style (Architecture)--Germany--Stuttgart.

International style (Architecture).

Germany--Stuttgart.

Physical Description:

xxii, 304 pages, 115 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1991]

Summary:

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Forming an Avant-Garde: Berlin and Stuttgart2. Housing and Politics in Stuttgart, 1919-19263. Backroom Negotiations, 19254. The Political Reception of Mies's Projects, 1925-19265. From Mathildenhohe to Weissenhof6. Choosing the Architects7. Building the Siedlung, April 1926-October 19278. "Rationalization" and "Standardization"9. The Architecture of the Siedlung10. The Single-Family Houses11. The Apartment Buildings by Mies and Behrens12. The Row Houses by Oud and Stam13. Furniture and Interiors14. Proclaiming Weissenhof: Werkbund Management of the Press15. The Aftermath in Stuttgart and Germany16. Weissenhof and the Politics of the International StyleAppendix A. Chronology of the ProjectsAppendix B. Lists of ArchitectsAppendix C. The Costs of the WeissenhofsiedlungNotesBibliographyIndex

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0226675157

OCLC:

21328942