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Architecture in Germany in the 20th Century

Winfried Nerdinger

History, Society, Function

The definitive work on architecture in Germany in the 20th century This book provides, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of architecture in Germany in the context of the political, social and economic history of the 20th century. Winfried Nerdinger, a renowned and multiple award-winning architectural historian, places various architectural and urban development approaches, concepts and processes in their respective social and historical contexts.

The book focuses on the period from 1890 to 1990. A hundred formative years, from the German Empire to reunification, from Peter Behrens to Günter Behnisch – a hundred years that shaped the urban face of modern-day Germany. The periods of upheaval in 1918-19, 1933 and 1945 alter the external conditions. From 1945 onwards architecture is split up into different occupation zones. After the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic are founded, developments in East and West are defined by competition and convergence. With reunification, the different strands of architecture converge once again. The year 1990 thus marks a significant turning point. An overview of the period after 1990 rounds off this impressive and multifaceted social, economic, institutional and technological history of architecture, which is bound to become a standard reference work for all historians and lovers of architecture.

• ‘Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into spaces.’ - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

• The hundred formative years of architecture in Germany between 1890 and 1990

• Sheds light on the foundations and conditions of architecture

• Tells the story of the modern age

• Architecture as part of German history

• Political events provide the structure

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Published 2023-10-17T08:49:08.611Z by C.H.Beck , ISBN: 9783406807107

ISBN: 9783406807107