When buildings speak
Subtitle: architecture as language in the Habsburg Empire and its aftermath, 1867-1933
By: Anthony Alofsin.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Architecture -- Europe, Central -- 19th century; Architecture -- Europe, Central -- 20th century; Symbolism in architecture -- Europe, Central; Semiotics
Other titles: Architecture as language in the Habsburg Empire and its aftermath, 1867-1933
Description: The canonical inventors of International Style have long dominated studies of modern European architecture. But in this text, Anthony Alofsin broadens this scope by exploring the rich yet overlooked architecture of the late Austro-Hungarian Empire and its successor states.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of illustrations; title: Preface; title: Introduction: issues of architecture, language, and identity; title: The language of history; title: The language of organicism; title: The language of rationalism; title: The language of myth; title: The language of hybridity; title: Conclusion: continuities, discontinuities, and transformations; title: Appendix: place-names; title: Notes.