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The new space : movement and experience in Viennese modern architecture / Christopher Long ; photographs by Wolfgang Thaler

Author
Long, Christopher (Christopher Alan), 1957-
Additional Titles
Movement and experience in Viennese modern architecture
Published
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Physical Description
xv, 246 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 28 cm
Additional Creators
Thaler, Wolfgang

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Summary
Scholars have long explored the problem of ornament and expression when considering Viennese modernism. By the first decade of the 20th century, however, the avant-garde had shifted its focus from the surface to the interior. Adolf Loos (1870-1933), together with Josef Frank (1885-1967) and Oskar Strnad (1879-1935), led this generation of architects to interpret modernism through culture and lifestyle. They were interested in the experience of architectural space: how it could be navigated, inhabited, and designed to reflect the modern way of life while also offering respite from it. The New Space traces the theoretical conversation about space carried out in the writings and built works of Loos, Frank, and Strnad over four decades. The three ultimately foregrounded what Le Corbusier would later-independently-term the architectural promenade. Lavishly illustrated with new photography and architectural plans, this important book enhances our understanding of the development of modernism and of architectural theory and practice.
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ISBN
9780300218282
0300218281
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-241) and index.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Sylvia Stein Memorial Libraries Endowment; 2018
Endowment Note
Sylvia Stein Memorial Libraries Endowment
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