Erich Mendelsohn and the Architecture of German Modernism (Modern Architecture and Cultural Identity)

Author: Kathleen James

Brand: Cambridge University Press

Edition: First Edition

Number Of Pages: 350

EAN: 9780521571685

Release Date: 13-07-1997

Package Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.3 x 1.0 inches

Languages: English

Binding: hardcover

Part Number: 120 b/w illus.

Details: Erich Mendelsohn's buildings, erected throughout Germany between 1920 and 1932, epitomized architectural modernity for his countrymen. In this study, Kathleen James examines his department stores, office buildings and cinemas, the downtown counterparts to the famous housing projects built during the same years in Frankfurt and Berlin. Demonstrating the degree to which their dynamic presence stemmed from Mendelsohn's attention to their consumer-oriented functions, James shows Mendelsohn to be more than an Expressionist, as he is usually characterized.