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Berthold Lubetkin's Highpoint II and the Jewish contribution to modern English architecture

Title
Berthold Lubetkin's Highpoint II and the Jewish contribution to modern English architecture / Deborah Lewittes.
Author
Lewittes, Deborah
Publication
  • Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
  • ©2018

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Book/TextUse in library NA7863.G72 L645 2018Off-site

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Description
ix, 97 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
In 1935, the Russian-born Jewish architect Berthold Lubetkin and his firm Tecton designed Highpoint, a block of flats in London which Le Corbusier called revolutionary. Three years later, Lubetkin completed a companion design. Yet 'Highpoint II' felt very different and the sense that the ideals of modernism had been abandoned seemed hard to dispute. Had modern architecture failed to take root in England? This book challenges the belief that English architecture was on hiatus during the 1930s. Using 'Highpoint II' as a springboard, Deborah Lewittes takes us on a journey through the defining moments of modern English architecture, the high points of the period surrounding 'Highpoint II'. Drawing on Lubetkin's work and his writings, the book argues that he advanced influential, lasting theories which were rooted in his design for 'Highpoint II'.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History.
Note
  • "Routledge focus."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-92) and index.
ISBN
  • 9780815357452
  • 0815357451
  • 9781351124362 (ePub ebook) (canceled/invalid)
  • 9781351124379 (PDF ebook) (canceled/invalid)
  • 9781351124355 (Mobipocket ebook) (canceled/invalid)
  • 9781351124386 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2018009195
OCLC
  • on1032290972
  • SCSB-9313535
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library