Light, Air and Openness by Paul Overy
This groundbreaking book examines the relationship between the modernist architecture of the 1920s and 1930s and that era’s preoccupations with health, cleanliness, fresh air and sunshine, exploring how utopian notions of the ‘clean machine’ and the hygienist movement inspired the pure geometric forms and sparkling surfaces of early modernist buildings. Anyone with an interest in architecture and/or modernism will find this original approach to a popular theme both engaging and enlightening.
Paul Overy is Senior Research Fellow in the history and theory of modernism at Middlesex University, London. He has lectured widely and published extensively on 20th-century architecture, art and design. His publications include books on the De Stijl group, Wassily Kandinsky, Norman Foster, and the architecture and furniture of Gerrit Rietveld.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780500342428 |
| ISBN 10 | 0500342423 |
| Title | Light, Air and Openness |
| Author | Paul Overy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-02-04 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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