Baba: Die Werkbundsiedlung Prag / The Werkbund Housing Estate Prague (German and English Edition) by Stephan Templ - 1999-06-01

Boston, MA: Princeton Architectural Press. 1999. Trade paperback. Very good.. 142 pp., diagrams, illustrations, bibliography, index. . Up until the fall of the Iron Curtain, the housing estate "Baba" in Prague was a little-known tip. This was the last building exhibition which the Werkbund set up in Europe in 1932 and symbolises and entire ear, vividly depicting Modern Architecture in the Czech Republic, which has gained growing international recognition since 1989. Three generations of architects were active here; the older generation, still influenced by Cubism, include Janak and Gocar; the middle generation, whose works were purist and functionalist, include Linhart and Stary; and the younger generation, for example, Ladislav Zak, who with their sweeping forms wished to distance themselves from 'white functionalism'. With copious, unpublished source material, this book analyses for the first time the particular status which the Prague Housing Estate has in architectural history. It addresses… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.