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Discovering Early Modernism in Switzerland
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ISBN: 9783035626728 Year: 2023 Publisher: Basel

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An insightful and engagingly narrated exploratory work on a pioneer of modern architecture from Switzerland The Queen Alexandra Sanatorium in Davos is a masterpiece of early modernist architecture by the Swiss architects Pfleghard & Haefeli (Schatzalp, Davos) and the renowned civil engineer and bridge builder Robert Maillart. A new form of architecture was forged here, full of contradictions and compromises and the result of intense collaboration between engineer, architect, and client. It stands at the threshold of modernism, which is largely characterized by the use of reinforced concrete. Apart from certain early mentions in architectural history, very little has been written about this Swiss precursor of modernist architecture. Drawing on numerous archival records, Daniel Korwan now provides the first detailed chronology of this 1909 building, thus expanding the record on the historical reception of modernism. First publication on a Swiss building that prefigured modern architecture Unpublished illustrations and plans of the Queen Alexandra Sanatorium in Davos Insightful and engagingly narrated new contribution to the study of 20th century modernism Eine aufschlussreiche und spannungsvoll verfasste Forschungsarbeit über einen Vorreiter der architektonischen Moderne aus der Schweiz. Das Queen Alexandra Sanatorium in Davos ist ein frühmodernes Meisterwerk der Schweizer Architekten Pfleghard & Haefeli (Schatzalp, Davos) und des renommierten Bauingenieurs und Brückenbauers Robert Maillart. Als Ergebnis kollaborativer Arbeit von Ingenieur, Architekt und Bauherr entstand hier mit all ihren Widersprüchen und Kompromissen eine neue Art der Architektur an der Schwelle zur Moderne, die maßgeblich durch den Einsatz von Stahlbeton geprägt ist. Trotz einzelner früher Erwähnungen in der Architekturgeschichte gibt es jedoch kaum Informationen über diesen Vorreiter der Moderne aus der Schweiz. Gestützt auf zahlreichen Archivalien liefert Daniel Korwan nun erstmals eine detaillierte Chronologie dieses Gebäudes aus dem Jahr 1909 und ermöglicht einen erweiterten Blick auf die Geschichtsrezeption der Moderne. Erste Publikation über einen Vorreiter moderner Architektur aus der Schweiz Unveröffentlichte Abbildungen und Pläne vom Queen Alexandra Sanatorium in Davos Aufschlussreicher und spannend erzählter neuer Beitrag zur Rezeption der Moderne des 20. Jahrhunderts


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The German Werkbund
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ISBN: 0691611459 1400867622 9781400867622 9780691611457 9780691052502 Year: 2015 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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For years one of Germany's foremost cultural organizations, the Werkbund included in its membership such pioneers of the modern movement as Henry van de Velde, Hermann Muthesius, Walter Gropius, and Mies van der Rohe. Joan Campbell traces its history from its founding in 1907 to 1934, when it was absorbed into the bureaucracy of the National Socialist State.The Werkbund set out to prove that organized effort could revitalize the applied arts and architecture. In addition to acting as an agent of reform, it provided a forum for the debate of such broad concerns as the need to restore joy and dignity to work in modem industry.Originally published in 1978.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Decorative arts --- Deutscher Werkbund. --- D.W.B. --- DWB --- Werkbund Estates --- ADAPT. --- Adolf Hitler. --- Adolf Loos. --- Adolf Ziegler. --- Adolf. --- Advanced capitalism. --- Aestheticism. --- Albert Speer. --- Anti-communism. --- Antimilitarism. --- Applied arts. --- Art Nouveau. --- Arthur Moeller van den Bruck. --- Arts and Crafts movement. --- August Endell. --- Baedeker. --- Baghdad Railway. --- Bauhaus. --- Bruno Taut. --- Cultural Bolshevism. --- Cultural hegemony. --- Cultural policy. --- Culture and Society. --- Dada. --- Demagogue. --- Designer. --- Deutsches Museum. --- Enabling act. --- Erich Mendelsohn. --- Ernst May. --- Folk art. --- Friedrich Meinecke. --- Friedrich Naumann. --- Fritz Schumacher (architect). --- Fritz Todt. --- German art. --- Gleichschaltung. --- Great Leap Forward. --- Gropius. --- Handicraft. --- Hans Poelzig. --- Heimatschutz. --- Henry van de Velde. --- Hermann Muthesius. --- Imperialism. --- Individualism. --- Inside the Third Reich. --- Kampfbund. --- Konrad Adenauer. --- Kritik. --- Käthe Kollwitz. --- Ludwig Gies. --- Manifesto. --- Mass production. --- Max Scheler. --- Meistersinger. --- Mitteleuropa. --- Mittelstand. --- Modern architecture. --- Modern art. --- Modernism. --- Modernity. --- Naumann. --- Nazi Party. --- Nazi propaganda. --- Nazism. --- New Objectivity. --- Of Education. --- Otto Dix. --- Patriotism. --- Paul Bonatz. --- Paul Renner. --- Paul Schultze-Naumburg. --- Paul Troost. --- Peter Behrens. --- Posener. --- Pressa. --- Radicalism (historical). --- Reactionary. --- Reichskulturkammer. --- Richard Riemerschmid. --- Robert Ley. --- Romanticism. --- Sigfried Giedion. --- Socialist state. --- Speer. --- Superiority (short story). --- Theodor Fischer (architect). --- Theodor Heuss. --- Totalitarianism. --- Volksgemeinschaft. --- Walter Gropius. --- Walther Rathenau. --- Weimar Republic. --- Werkbund Exhibition (1914). --- Werner Sombart. --- Wilhelm Frick. --- Wilhelm Kreis. --- Wilhelm Wagenfeld.

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