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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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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