{"product_id":"the-architecture-of-social-reform-housing-tradition-and-german-modernism-hardcover","title":"The Architecture of Social Reform: Housing, Tradition, and German Modernism - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIsabel Rousset\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe architecture of social reform explores the fascinating intellectual origins of modern architecture's obsession with domesticity. Copiously illustrated, Rousset's revealing analysis demonstrates how questions over aesthetics, style, urbanization, and technology that gripped the modernist imagination were deeply ingrained in a larger concern to reform society through housing. The increasing demand for new housing in Germany's rapidly growing cities fostered critical exchanges between a heterogeneous group of actors, including architects, urban theorists, planners, and social scientists, who called for society to be freed from class antagonism through the provision of good, modest, traditionally-minded domestic design. Offering a compelling account of architecture's ability to act socially, the book provocatively argues that architectural theory underwent its most critical epistemological transformation in relation to the dynamics of modern class politics long before the arrival of the avant-garde.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe architecture of social reform \u003c\/i\u003eis the first major study of how tradition has been contested in modern architectural culture. Examining German-language design theory from 1848 to 1918, it traces the diverse and fascinating efforts by architects and others to confront class antagonism through the provision of simple, traditionally influenced domestic design. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book introduces readers to a host of modern architects, urbanists, and art critics - notably Gottfried Semper, Camillo Sitte, Werner Hegemann, Karl Scheffler, Hermann Muthesius, and Paul Mebes - who sought to reform housing along traditionalist lines, in everything from the living room to the city-region. It counters the narrative that tradition signified the last breath of an eclectic and defunct historicism, revealing instead how architects and design experts engaged with tradition in order to stake out a socially progressive position for themselves while learning from the past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on extensive original research and richly illustrated, \u003ci\u003eThe architecture of social reform \u003c\/i\u003ewill appeal to readers interested in the continuing debates over the future of architecture, housing, and politics.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsabel Rousset teaches architectural history at Curtin University\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47964381905144,"sku":"9781526159687","price":195.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/muOZdvg_XV9781526159687.webp?v=1783737695","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/the-architecture-of-social-reform-housing-tradition-and-german-modernism-hardcover","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}