In the immediate postwar years, a new type of modern architecture emerges. Beatriz Colomina presents domesticity as a potent new weapon in a changed architectural battlefield. This architecture becomes the property of the middle-class consumer bombarded with images of domestic bliss, a lifestyle campaign launched through recycled military techniques. The significance of architects like Charles and Ray Eames lies in their sensitivity to buildings and images both defining space. Colomina is Director of Princeton University’s Architecture PhD program and acclaimed author of Privacy and Publicity and Sexuality and Space. Domesticity At War is specially designed as a two-tiered, text and photo, flip-book.
Reviews:
¨A unique reading and thinking experience.¨ Urban Land ¨ Compelling and wide-ranging.¨ Metropolois Magazine ¨An interesting cultural critique of a bygone age.¨ Austin Williams, author, NBS Shortcuts ¨Colomina... is an expert at observing material artifacts and imagery and tying it all to a grand theme...[The book’s] graphic design... is ingenious." Azure ¨Provocative.¨ Wallpaper ¨Fantastically enjoyable. It is witty, clear, and chock-full of well-documented anecdotes and facts¨. We Make Money Not Art ¨ A page-turner.¨ARCHITECT Magazine ¨[A] Clever pair of flipbooks.¨ RIBA
Language / ISBN:
English [978-84-96540-11-8] Available Spanish [978-84-96540-10-1] Available
Cover:
Illustrations:
Hard
Color and Duotone
Size:
Page Number:
15 x 30 cm.
320
Published by:
ACTAR
Price:
International 22.00 € Spain/Portugal 22.00 €
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