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" Making dystopia : "
James Stevens Curl with a Prolegomenon by Timothy Brittain-Catlin.
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BL
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873827
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Curl, James Stevens,1937-
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| Title & Author
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Making dystopia : : the strange rise and survival of architectural barbarism /\ James Stevens Curl with a Prolegomenon by Timothy Brittain-Catlin.
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First edition.
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Oxford :: Oxford University Press,, 2018.
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xxxviii, 551 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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0198753691
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0191068152
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9780191068157
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Abstract
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James Stevens Curl tells the story of the advent of architectural modernism in the aftermath of the First World War, its protagonists, and its astonishing, almost global acceptance after 1945. He argues forcefully that the triumph of architectural modernism in the second half of the twentieth century led to massive destruction, the creation of alien urban landscapes, and a huge waste of resources. Moreover, the coming of modernism was not an inevitable, seamless evolution, as many have insisted, but a massive, unparalled disruption that demanded a clean slate and the elimination of all ornament, decoration, and choice.
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Architecture, Modern-- 20th century.
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Architecture, Modern.
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| Dewey Classification
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724.6
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NA680.C865 2018
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NA680.C87 2018
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