The Taylorized beauty of the mechanical
Subtitle: scientific management and the rise of modernist architecture
By: Mauro F. Guillén.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780691115207
Subjects: Modern movement (Architecture); Architectural practice -- History -- 20th century; Architecture -- Social aspects; Architecture -- Economic aspects; Industrial management; Engineering -- Management
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Organization, modernism, and architecture; title: The Taylorized beauty of the mechanical; title: What caused modernism in architecture?; title: Industrialization, technology, and the state: Britain, France, Germany; title: Backwardness and revolution: Italy, Russia, Spain; title: Modernism without modernity: Mexico, Brazil, Argentina; title: Sponsorship, professionalization, and modernist architecture; title: The enduring promise of modernist architecture; title: Appendix: leading architects.