Making Dystopia: The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism

by James Stevens Curl

Book Overview

In 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198820860
• ISBN13: 9780198820864
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"