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The Taylorized beauty of the mechanical: scientific management and the rise of modernist architecture/

Main Author: Guillen, Mauro F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton: Princeton University Press, [c2006]
Subjects:
Modern movement (Architecture)
Architectural practice > History > 20th century
Architecture > Social aspects
Architecture > Economic aspects
Industrial management
Engineering > Management
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Organization, modernism, and architecture
  • The Taylorized beauty of the mechanical
  • What caused modernism in architecture?
  • Industrialization, technology, and the state: Britain, France, Germany
  • Backwardness and revolution: Italy, Russia, Spain
  • Modernism without modernity: Mexico, Brazil, Argentina
  • Sponsorship, professionalization, and modernist architecture
  • The enduring promise of modernist architecture
  • Appendix: leading architects.

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