An edition of From Manhattan to Mainhattan (2005)

From Manhattan to Mainhattan

architecture and style as transatlantic dialogue, 1920-1970

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From Manhattan to Mainhattan
Cordula Grewe
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An edition of From Manhattan to Mainhattan (2005)

From Manhattan to Mainhattan

architecture and style as transatlantic dialogue, 1920-1970

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An examination of the cultural transfer focusing on architecture, between Germany and the United States from 1920-1970. Examines the cultural implications of "style" in relation to socio-economic conditions, industrial production, and consumption.

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German Historical Institute
Language
English
Pages
233

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Subjects

International style (Architecture), Congresses, Skyscrapers, Modern Architecture

Places

Germany, United States

Times

20th century
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From Manhattan to Mainhattan: architecture and style as transatlantic dialogue, 1920-1970
2005, German Historical Institute
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Table of Contents

From Manhattan to mainhattan: reconsidering the transatlantic architectural dialogue / Cordula Grewe and Dietrich Neumann
Contributors: A cathedral of work and new social life: the contribution of Max Berg to the German skyscraper debate / Beate Störtkuhl and Jerzy Ilkosz
Skyscrapers and health cities: Walter Gropius and Martin Wagner between Germany and America / Jeffry Diefendorf
Proportions and politics: marketing Mies and Mendelsohn / Kathleen James-Chakraborty
"Germanic" structure versus "American" texture in German high-rise building / Adrian von Buttlar
Berlin's Europa-center (1963-65): Amerikanismus, consumerism, and the uses of the international style / Alexander Sedlmaier
Counter-architecture and building race: Cold War politics and the two Berlins / Peter Müller
From an "alien, hostile phenomenon" to the "poetry of the future": on the Bauhaus reception in East Germany, 1945-70 / Wolfgang Thöner
New York skyscrapers, made in Hamburg: Jerry Cotton as visual educator / Peter Krieger
The Bauhaus, transatlantic relations, and the historians / Volker R. Berghahn
Catalogue: Paper skyscraper: the representation of "tall buildings" in Austrian and German commercial art, 1920-40 / Christian Maryška.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

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Washington, D.C
Series
Bulletin of the German Historical Institute -- Suppl. 2
Genre
Congresses.

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Library of Congress
NA1068.5.I58 F76 2005

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iv, 233 p. :
Number of pages
233

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OL22859912M
OCLC/WorldCat
65518817

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