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020			_a9780191068157 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
050	0	4	_aNA680 _b.M355 2018
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aCurl, James Stevens, _d1937- _e1
245	1	0	_aMaking dystopia : _bthe strange rise and survival of architectural barbarism / _cJames Stevens Curl with a prolegomenon by Timothy Brittain-Catlin.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aOxford, United Kingdom : _bOxford University Press, _c(c)2018.
300			_a1 online resource (xxxviii, 551 pages) : _billustrations.
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520	0		_aIn Making Dystopia, distinguished architectural historian 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.Tracing the effects of the Modernist revolution in architecture to the present, Stevens Curl argues that, with each passing year, so-called 'iconic' architecture by supposed 'star' architects has become more and more bizarre, unsettling, and expensive, ignoring established contexts and proving to be stratospherically remote from the aspirations and needs of humanity. In the elite world of contemporary architecture, form increasingly follows finance, and in a society in which the 'haves' havemore and more, and the 'have-nots' are ever more marginalized, he warns that contemporary architecture continues to stack up huge potential problems for the future, as housing costs spiral out of control, resources are squandered on architectural bling, and society fractures.This courageous, passionate, deeply researched, and profoundly argued book should be read by everyone concerned with what is around us. Its combative critique of the entire Modernist architectural project and its apologists will be highly controversial to many. But it contains salutary warnings that we ignore at our peril. And it asks awkward questions to which answers are long overdue.
504			_aIncludes bibliography and index.
505	0	0	_aOrigins of a catastrophe -- _tMakers of mythologies and false analogies -- _tModernism in Germany in the aftermath of the 1914-18 War -- _tThe international style 1920s and1930s -- _tThe international style truly international -- _tUniversal acceptance of the international style -- _tDescent to deformity -- _tDangerous signals -- _tSome further reflections -- _tEpilogue.
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650		0	_aArchitecture, Modern _y20th century.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
700	1		_aBrittain-Catlin, Timothy, _ewriter of foreword.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1873190&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell