Overview
Adopting and adapting historical forms is an integral part of architectural design today. Strictly rejected by some and embraced by others, this practice has provoked controversy since the beginning of modernism. With its assertion of continuity and claim to universality, historicizing architecture from the twentieth century is decidedly antimodernistic—a counterproject to modernistic architecture and yet also a part of modern times. The diversity of historicizing approaches and the history of historicizing construction have received little attention so far—a fact that is especially evident with a comparative view that looks beyond Germany to other countries and their building traditions. This volume aims to take historicizing architecture seriously as an architectural reality and one possible variation of contemporary building, with a focus on describing and categorizing its diverse concepts and manifestations. In considering historicizing architecture as a contemporary phenomenon, the book places its topic in the context of reconstructions and postmodern ideas while also comparing it with nineteenth-century historicism. This view includes also designs inspired by the classic modernism of the 1920s.
Full Product Details
Author: Eva von Engelberg-Dočkal ,
Gabi Dolff-Bonekämper ,
Hans-Rudolf Meier ,
Jürg Sulzer
Publisher: JOVIS Verlag
Imprint: JOVIS Verlag
Volume: 19
Weight: 0.477kg
ISBN: 9783868596106
ISBN 10: 3868596100
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 04 October 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Language: German
Reviews
""Der inspirierende Band ist anschaulich, durchgehend farbig bebildert und besticht durch eine F�lle an Zitaten. Ein Gewinn f�r alle, die sich differenziert mit dem Umgang mit dem Neo-Historismus und seiner Stellung innerhalb der Architekturgeschichte besch�ftigen m�chten. Empfehlenswert!"" (Thomas Schulte im Walde in Kulturpolitische Mitteilungen)
"""Der inspirierende Band ist anschaulich, durchgehend farbig bebildert und besticht durch eine F�lle an Zitaten. Ein Gewinn f�r alle, die sich differenziert mit dem Umgang mit dem Neo-Historismus und seiner Stellung innerhalb der Architekturgeschichte besch�ftigen m�chten. Empfehlenswert!"" (Thomas Schulte im Walde in Kulturpolitische Mitteilungen)"
Author Information
Eva von Engelberg-Dočkal Gabi Dolff-Bonekämper / Hans-Rudolf Meier / Jürg Sulzer (eds.)
