TY - BOOK ID - 85602148 TI - Modern housing AU - Bauer, Catherine AU - Penner, Barbara PY - 2020 SN - 9781517909062 PB - Minneapolis, Minn. University of Minnesota Press DB - UniCat KW - 72.03 KW - 728.03 KW - Architectuur (geschiedenis) KW - Architectuurgeschiedenis KW - Wonen (geschiedenis) KW - Woningbouw (geschiedenis) KW - 728.1.009 KW - 728.1.009 Woonhuizen. Woningbouw (algemeen)--?.009 KW - Woonhuizen. Woningbouw (algemeen)--?.009 KW - Sociology of environment KW - low income housing KW - affordable housing KW - anno 1900-1999 KW - 728 KW - 72.037(73) KW - 711.07 KW - Bauer Wurster, Catherine (°1905 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA - † 1964) KW - Sociale woningbouw ; volkshuisvesting KW - Woonwijken ; verkavelingen KW - Modernistische architectuur KW - Huisvesting ; problematiek KW - Woningbouw KW - Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1900 - 1950 ; Verenigde Staten KW - Stedenbouwkundigen KW - Architecture and society KW - Housing KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85602148 AB - Originally published in 1934, Modern Housing is widely acknowledged as one of the most important books on housing of the twentieth century, introducing the latest developments in European modernist housing to an American audience. It is also a manifesto: America needs to draw on Europe’s example to solve its housing crisis. Only when housing is transformed into a planned, public amenity will it truly be modern. Modern Housing’s sharp message catalyzed an intense period of housing activism in the United States, resulting in the Housing Act of 1937, which Catherine Bauer coauthored. But these reforms never went far enough: so long as housing remained the subject of capitalist speculation, Bauer knew the housing problem would remain. In light of today’s affordable housing emergency, her prescriptions for how to achieve humane and dignified modern housing remain as instructive and urgent as ever. ER -