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People's palaces : architecture, culture and democracy in post-war Western Europe
- Title
- People's palaces : architecture, culture and democracy in post-war Western Europe / Christoph Grafe ; with a photo essay by Heidi Specker.
- Author
- Grafe, Christoph, 1960-
- Publication
- Amsterdam : Architectura & Natura, [2014], ©2014.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | NA6811.5.E85 G73 2014g | Off-site |
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- Description
- 295 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm
- Summary
- Author Christoph Grafe investigates an architectonic typology, the cultural edifice, which must often take on the role of national identity and culture in the realisation of a democratic society. This book takes two specific projects as its subject: London's South Bank and the Kulturhus in Stockholm. The buildings were chosen as a result of their architectural meaning, and by the fact that they appeared in two countries that fulfilled a leading role in the development of the post-war 'welfare state'; in Europe. Besides an in-depth analysis of the two cities within the context of their wider national and cultural development, the book includes a photo essay by German photographer Heidi Specker.
- Subjects
- Architecture > Europe, Western > History > 20th century
- Architecture > Europe > History > 20th century
- Kulturzentrum
- Kulturhuset (Stockholm, Sweden)
- South Bank (London, England)
- Westeuropa
- Arts facilities > Europe
- Southbank Centre
- Wohlfahrtsstaat
- Skandinavien
- Politics and culture > Europe > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9789461400413
- 9461400411
- OCLC
- ocn884242665
- 884242665
- SCSB-5765774
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries