{"product_id":"kay-fisker-9781350068193","title":"Kay Fisker","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKay Fisker (1893-1965) is considered one of the most influential Danish architects of the twentieth century, and yet there has existed until now no in-depth English-language study of his works and writing.      Published as part of the Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture series, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked modernist architects, this book examines Fisker's key projects  from his early railway stations and innovative housing projects to the Danish Academy in Rome  and analyses his work as a historian and writer.      Fisker's output is closely associated with the functional tradition, a hybridization of international modernism and regional architectural typologies, and this book shows how his architectural poetics can be understood as an amalgamation of an ideal order with the contingent conditions of landscapes and urban sites. Hybridization is not only a valuable notion for understanding Fisker, the book argues, it can also be applied to an unders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of illustrations Series Preface Timeline          List of works by Kay Fisker  \u003cb\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/b\u003e Multiple facets of modern architecture  Constructing a subject  \u003cb\u003e1. A clearly defined form \u003c\/b\u003e Simple, yet picturesque Into the countryside  Twin houses in a garden city Pavilion purism  \u003cb\u003e2. Ordering the modern city \u003c\/b\u003e Contemporary classicism  Grandeur and clarity Houses facing an urban condition Variations of the perimeter block  \u003cb\u003e3. Typologies of housing \u003c\/b\u003e Dissolving the perimeter Architectural propaganda Typological pursuits A Copenhagen Siedlung  \u003cb\u003e4. Welfare and the architecture of institutions \u003c\/b\u003e The hospital  The university The sanatorium  The work camps  The Mother’s Aid  \u003cb\u003e5. Beyond conventions \u003c\/b\u003e History reinterpreted Post-war housing policies Suburban life  Prefab wonders  \u003cb\u003e6. Time and tradition \u003c\/b\u003e Fisker, the historian  Transforming historical matter The functional tradition Order and anonymity  \u003cb\u003eConclusion \u003c\/b\u003e General bibliography  Bibliography of the writings of Kay Fisker Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019625660759,"sku":"9781350068193","price":80.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350068193.jpg?v=1750780823","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/kay-fisker-9781350068193","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}