{"product_id":"architect-hannes-meyer-and-radical-modernism-a-biography-9783631889848","title":"Architect Hannes Meyer and Radical Modernism: A","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did architecture, design and art transform from an aesthetic enterprise to serving the needs of the masses? And how did a single individual–and an outstanding representative of \"radical modernism\"--pursue his personal convictions in an age marked by war and totalitarianism in the name of the collective? These questions frame this comprehensive life story of Hannes Meyer, who as an upstart architect in Basel, director of the Bauhaus in Germany, urban planner near the China-Russian border, and designer of social housing and hospitals in Mexico, fought to affirm the rights of all to a life of comfort and human dignity while seeking to maintain his own identity in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGeorg Leidenberger, for the first time brings to life this steadfast, difficult and polemical architect, portraying him in the whole breadth of his existence.\u003c\/i\u003e\"-- Prof. Magdalena Droste, author of \u003ci\u003eBauhaus 1919-1933. Reform \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAvantgarde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents - Georg Leidenberger - List of illustrations - Preface and acknowledgements – Introduction - Childhood and Youth in Basel, 1889-1909 -\u003ci\u003e Wanderjahre\u003c\/i\u003e, 1909-1919 - From \u003ci\u003eFreidorf\u003c\/i\u003e (1921) to \u003ci\u003eFreidorf\u003c\/i\u003e (1925). A Housing Compound, two Publications and a Modernist Awakening,\" 1919-1925 - A Radical Modernist Directing the Bauhaus, 1926-1930 - Eclipsed Honeymoon in the Soviet Union, 1930-1936 , Interlude: Geneva, 1936-1939 - Everything here is \u003ci\u003evulkanisch\u003c\/i\u003e’: Mexico, 1938-1949 - Rootless at Home. Lugano, Switzerland, 1949-1954 - Bibliographical essay - Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51044569284951,"sku":"9783631889848","price":41.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783631889848.jpg?v=1750962047","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/architect-hannes-meyer-and-radical-modernism-a-biography-9783631889848","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}