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Deutsche Architekten in Grossbritannien : Planen und Bauen im Exil 1933-1945 = German architects in Great Britain : planning and building in exile 1933-1945

Title
Deutsche Architekten in Grossbritannien : Planen und Bauen im Exil 1933-1945 = German architects in Great Britain : planning and building in exile 1933-1945 / Andreas Schätzke ; unter Mitarbeit von Meike Schultz ; [Übersetzung, Ilze Mueller].
Author
Schätzke, Andreas
Publication
  • Stuttgart : Edition Axel Menges, [2013]
  • ©2013

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  • Mueller, Ilze
  • Schultz, Meike
Description
203 pages : illustrations, plans; 30 cm
Summary
In the years after 1933 several hundred architects were forced to emigrate from Germany by the National Socialist dictatorship. Between seventy and eighty of them went to Great Britain--in part, prominent representatives of Modernism like Walter Gropius, Erich Mendelsohn, Erwin Gutkind, Arthur Korn and Marcel Breuer, but also less well known architects who had adopted very divergent positions. They found the architectural scene in Great Britain to be surprisingly conservative. Only a small circle of architects, clients and specialist journalists was open to modern design and construction methods and stylistic idioms. A few emigrants very quickly and successfully managed to gain a foothold in an environment that was for the most part unfamiliar to them, while for others exile meant a serious break in their career. The book offers an overview of the topic and presents select buildings in detail. Moreover, hitherto largely unpublished documents from the estate of Walter Gropius provide a direct insight into his life and work in British exile.
Alternative Title
German architects in Great Britain
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language (note)
  • In German and English.
ISBN
  • 9783936681758
  • 3936681759
OCLC
  • ocn854906829
  • 854906829
  • SCSB-5722439
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries