Architecture and cubism / edited and with an introduction by Eve Blau and Nancy J. Troy ; essays by David Cottington [and others]. - xi, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"Many of the essays in this book were originally presented at a colloquium organized by the Canadian Centre for Architecture"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Maison Cubiste and the meaning of modernism in pre-1914 France / The burden of Cubism : the French imprint on Czech architecture, 1910-1914 / Cubism and the Gothic tradition / "Architecture" in Léger's essays, 1913-1933 / Architecture of the Cubist poem / The cell in the city / Where are we? / Unnatural acts : propositions for a new French garden, 1920-1930 / Cubistic, Cubic, and Cubist / Jeanneret-Le Corbusier, painter-architect / Anything but literal : Sigfried Giedion and the reception of Cubism in Germany / Contributors -- Photographic Credits -- Index. David Cottington -- Irene Z̧antovská Murray -- Kevin D. Murphy -- Robert L. Herbert -- Jay Bochner -- Paul Overy -- Beatriz Colomina -- Dorothée Imbert -- Yve-Alain Bois -- Bruno Reichlin -- Detlef Mertins -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

0262024225 9780262024228

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Cubism (Architecture)--Europe

NA958.5.C83 / A73 1997

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