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Provides the first comprehensive history of architectural practice and the emergence of prefabricated housing in the Eastern Bloc. Through discussions of individual architects and projects, as well as building typologies, professional associations, and institutional organization, this opens a rare window into the cultural and economic life of Eastern Europe during the early postwar period.
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Manufacturing a Socialist Modernity, Kimberly Elman Zarecor
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- Released
- 2011
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- Title
- Manufacturing a Socialist Modernity
- Subtitle
- Housing in Czechoslovakia, 1945-1960
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Kimberly Elman Zarecor
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 383
- ISBN10
- 0822944049
- ISBN13
- 9780822944041
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Historical Themes, History, Architecture, Architecture & Urbanism, Czech & Slovak history, 20th century, Czechoslovakia, Residential Architecture, Czech Architecture
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- Provides the first comprehensive history of architectural practice and the emergence of prefabricated housing in the Eastern Bloc. Through discussions of individual architects and projects, as well as building typologies, professional associations, and institutional organization, this opens a rare window into the cultural and economic life of Eastern Europe during the early postwar period.