Domesticity at war
By: Beatriz Colomina
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780262033619
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic -- United States -- Case studies; Architecture -- United States -- 20th century; Modern movement (Architecture) -- United States; Architecture and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Genres: Case studies
Description: In the years immediately following World War II, America embraced modern architecture - not as something imported from Europe, but as an entirely new mode of operation. This text shows how postwar American architecture adapted the techniques and materials that were developed for military applications to domestic use.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Built in the USA; title: 1949; title: DDU at MoMA; title: The Eames House; title: The lawn at war; title: X-ray architecture; title: Unbreathed air; title: Enclosed by images; title: The underground house