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The Taylorized Beauty of the Mechanical
Scientific Management and the Rise of Modernist Architecture
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Exploring the intersection of modernist architecture and scientific management, this book delves into the historical context of early 20th-century industrialization. It highlights how the rationalized machine world, epitomized by figures like Henry Ford and Frederick Winslow Taylor, initially inspired aesthetic beauty in design. However, as the dream of efficiency evolved into a dehumanizing reality, the narrative shifts to reflect on how these principles significantly transformed architectural practice, blending romance and functionality in a new era.
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The Taylorized Beauty of the Mechanical, Mauro Guillén
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- 2008
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- Title
- The Taylorized Beauty of the Mechanical
- Subtitle
- Scientific Management and the Rise of Modernist Architecture
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mauro Guillén
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Publisher
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 226
- ISBN13
- 9780691138473
- Category
- Architecture and Urbanism
- Description
- Exploring the intersection of modernist architecture and scientific management, this book delves into the historical context of early 20th-century industrialization. It highlights how the rationalized machine world, epitomized by figures like Henry Ford and Frederick Winslow Taylor, initially inspired aesthetic beauty in design. However, as the dream of efficiency evolved into a dehumanizing reality, the narrative shifts to reflect on how these principles significantly transformed architectural practice, blending romance and functionality in a new era.