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Atomic Dwelling: Anxiety, Domesticity, and Postwar Architecture

Robin Schuldenfrei

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Description:In the years of reconstruction and economic boom that followed the Second World War, the domestic sphere encountered new expectations regarding social behaviour, modes of living, and forms of dwelling. This book brings together an international group of scholars from architecture, design, urban planning, and interior design to reappraise mid-twentieth century modern life, offering a timely reassessment of culture and the economic and political effects on civilian life.This collection contains essays that examine the material of art, objects, and spaces in the context of practices of dwelling over the long span of the postwar period. It asks what role material objects, interior spaces, and architecture played in quelling or fanning the anxieties of modernism's ordinary denizens, and how this role informs their legacy today.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Atomic Dwelling: Anxiety, Domesticity, and Postwar Architecture. To get started finding Atomic Dwelling: Anxiety, Domesticity, and Postwar Architecture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 306

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Routledge

Release: 2012

ISBN: 1136498591

Description: In the years of reconstruction and economic boom that followed the Second World War, the domestic sphere encountered new expectations regarding social behaviour, modes of living, and forms of dwelling. This book brings together an international group of scholars from architecture, design, urban planning, and interior design to reappraise mid-twentieth century modern life, offering a timely reassessment of culture and the economic and political effects on civilian life.This collection contains essays that examine the material of art, objects, and spaces in the context of practices of dwelling over the long span of the postwar period. It asks what role material objects, interior spaces, and architecture played in quelling or fanning the anxieties of modernism's ordinary denizens, and how this role informs their legacy today.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Atomic Dwelling: Anxiety, Domesticity, and Postwar Architecture. To get started finding Atomic Dwelling: Anxiety, Domesticity, and Postwar Architecture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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