Mid-century modernism in Turkey : architecture across cultures in the 1950s and 1960s / edited by Meltem Ö. Gürel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gürel, Meltem Ö., editor.

Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

Series:

Routledge research in architecture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Midcentury modern (Architecture)--Turkey.

Midcentury modern (Architecture).

Architecture and society--Turkey--History--20th century.

Architecture and society.

History.

Turkey.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

Mid-Century Modernism in Turkey studies the unfolding of modern architecture in Turkey during the 1950s and 1960s. The book brings together scholars who have carried out extensive research on post-WWII modernism in a global context. The authors situate Turkish architectural case studies within an international framework during this period, providing a close reading of how architectural culture responded to ubiquitous post-war ideas and ideals, and how it became intertwined with politics of modernization and urbanization. This book contributes to contemporary scholarship to reconsider post-war architecture, beyond canonical explanations. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Meltem Ö. Gürel Gürel, Meltem Ö. 1

2 Turkey's postwar modernism: a retrospective overview of architecture, urbanism, and politics in the 1950s / Sibel Bozdogan Bozdogan, Sibel 9

3 Seashore readings: the road from sea baths to summerhouses in mid-twentieth century Izmir / Meltem Ö. Gürel Gürel, Meltem Ö. 27

4 Urbanization represented in the historical peninsula: Turkification of Istanbul in the 1950s / Ipek Akpinar Akpinar, Ipek 56

5 Exhibiting American domestic modernity at the Izmir International Fair / Emre Gönlügür Gönlügür, Emre 85

6 Under the flags of the Marshall Plan: multiple modernisms and professional legitimacy in the Cold War Middle East, 1950-1964 / Burak Erdim Erdim, Burak 113

7 The Istanbul Milton, 1951-2014: modernity and its demise / Annabel Jane Wharton Wharton, Annabel Jane 141

8 Architecture as advertising: the Istanbul Reklam Building / Ipek Türeli Türeli, Ipek 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

ISBN:

9781138806092

1138806099

OCLC:

906936501