Making Dystopia
Subtitle: The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Oct 23, 2018
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 549
ISBN-13: 9780198753698
Description: James Stevens Curl tells the story of the advent of architectural modernism in the aftermath of the First World War, its protagonists, and its astonishing, almost global acceptance after 1945. He argues forcefully that the triumph of architectural modernism in the second half of the twentieth century led to massive destruction, the creation of alien urban landscapes, and a huge waste of resources. Moreover, the coming of modernism was not an inevitable, seamless evolution, as many have insisted, but a massive, unparalled disruption that demanded a clean slate and the elimination of all ornament, decoration, and choice.
Notes: Source title: Making Dystopia: The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism