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dc.contributor.editorCiccarelli, Lorenzo
dc.contributor.editorMelhuish, Clare
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-08T12:16:21Z
dc.date.available2021-12-08T12:16:21Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifierONIX_20211208_9781800080836_52
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51820
dc.description.abstractItaly and the UK experienced a radical re-organisation of urban space following the devastation of many towns and cities in the Second World War. The need to rebuild led to an intellectual and cultural exchange between a wave of talented architects, urbanists and architectural historians in the two countries. Post-war Architecture between Italy and the UK studies this exchange, exploring how the connections and mutual influences contributed to the formation of a distinctive stance towards Internationalism, notwithstanding the countries’ contrasting geographic and climatic conditions, levels of economic and industrial development, and social structures. Topics discussed in the volume include the influence of Italian historic town centres on British modernist and Brutalist architectural approaches to the design of housing and university campuses as public spaces; post-war planning concepts such as the precinct; the tensions between British critics and Italian architects that paved the way for British postmodernism; and the role of architectural education as a melting pot of mutual influence. It draws on a wealth of archival and original materials to present insights into the personal relationships, publications, exhibitions and events that provided the crucible for the dissemination of ideas and typologies across cultural borders. Offering new insights into the transcultural aspects of European architectural history in the post-war years, and its legacy, this volume is vital reading for architectural and urban historians, planners and students, as well as social historians of the European post-war period.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMX History of architectureen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communitiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RP Regional and area planning::RPC Urban and municipal planning and policyen_US
dc.subject.otherarchitecture
dc.subject.otherurban planning
dc.subject.otherItaly:UK
dc.subject.otherpostwar
dc.subject.othercultural exchange
dc.subject.otherbuilt environment
dc.subject.otherurban studies
dc.subject.otherArchitectur
dc.subject.otherurbanism
dc.subject.otherItaly
dc.subject.otherUK
dc.subject.otherarchitect
dc.subject.otherbuilding
dc.subject.otherurban design
dc.subject.othertown
dc.subject.othercity
dc.subject.otherplanning
dc.subject.othertown planning
dc.subject.otherarchitectural criticism
dc.subject.otherWelfare state
dc.subject.otherpost-war
dc.subject.otherreconstruction
dc.subject.otherhistoric centre
dc.subject.otherexhibition
dc.subject.othermagazine
dc.subject.otherCIAM
dc.subject.otherTeam X
dc.subject.otherAA
dc.subject.otherAbercrombie
dc.subject.otherNew Towns.
dc.titlePost-war Architecture between Italy and the UK
dc.title.alternativeExchanges and transcultural influences
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.14324/111.9781800080836
oapen.relation.isPublishedBydf73bf94-b818-494c-a8dd-6775b0573bc2
oapen.relation.isbn9781800080836
oapen.relation.isbn9781800080843
oapen.relation.isbn9781800080850
oapen.relation.isbn9781800080867
oapen.relation.isbn9781800080874
oapen.imprintUCL Press
oapen.place.publicationLondon


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