Sokolowicz, Mariusz
Nowakowska, Aleksandra
Ciarkowski, Blazej
Editorial: Routledge
Colección: Routledge Research in Architecture
Número de páginas: 254 págs.
Fecha de edición: 28-04-2023
EAN: 9781032289274
ISBN: 978-1-032-28927-4
Precio (sin IVA): 160,47 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 166,89 €
This book examines the unique socialist-modernist architecture built in the twentieth century in Central and Eastern Europe as a source of heritage and of existing and potential value for the present and future generations. Due to the historical context in which it was created, such architecture remains ambiguous. On the one hand, the wider public associates it with the legacy of the unpleasant period of the real socialist economic regime. Yet, on the other hand, it is also a manifestation of social modernization and the promotion of a significant proportion of the population. This book focuses particularly on concrete heritage, a legacy of modernist architecture in Central and Eastern Europe, and it was this material that enabled their rebuilding after World War II and modernization during the following decades.