Kay Fisker: Danish Functionalism and Block-Based Housing

by Colm Moore and Andrew Clancy

This is the first book on the architecture of Kay Fisker (1893-1965), a leading exponent of Danish Functionalism. Influenced by Louis Sullivan, Fisker had a strong belief in continuity, putting modernism in perspective, and identifying precedents. He built many large scale housing schemes, mostly for non-profit workers' housing associations, and developed innovative, high-density, low-rise block schemes, which have proven useful and influential to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848224052
• ISBN13: 9781848224056
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 2.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 11.9" x 12.0"