People's palaces
Subtitle: architecture, culture and democracy in post-war Western Europe
By: Christoph Grafe ; with a photo essay by Heidi Specker
Publisher: Architectura & Natura
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9789461400413
Subjects: Arts facilities; Architecture; History; Politics and culture; Kulturzentrum; Wohlfahrtsstaat; Southbank Centre; Kulturhuset (Stockholm, Sweden)
Description: Author Christoph Grafe investigates an architectonic typology, the cultural edifice, which must often take on the role of national identity and culture in the realisation of a democratic society. This book takes two specific projects as its subject: London's South Bank and the Kulturhus in Stockholm. The buildings were chosen as a result of their architectural meaning, and by the fact that they appeared in two countries that fulfilled a leading role in the development of the post-war 'welfare state'; in Europe. Besides an in-depth analysis of the two cities within the context of their wider national and cultural development, the book includes a photo essay by German photographer Heidi Specker.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.