GROWING UP MODERN

Julia Jamrozik; Coryn Kempster

Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster

GROWING UP MODERN

Childhoods in Iconic Homes

Birkhäuser | 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035620313

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What was it like to grow up in a Modernist residence? Did these radical environments shape the way that children looked at architecture later in life? The oral history in this book paint a uniquely intimate portrait of Modernism.
The authors conducted interviews with people, who spent their childhood in radical Modernist domestic spaces, uncovering both serene and poignant memories. The recollections range from the ambivalence of philosopher Ernst Tugendhat, now 90 years old, who lived in the famous Mies van der Rohe house in Brno (1930) to the fond reminiscing of the youngest daughter of the Schminke family, who still dreams of her Scharoun-designed ship-like villa in Löbau (1933). The book offers a unique, private and often refreshing perspective on these icons of the avant-garde.

Rare insights into monuments of Modernism
With numerous plans and diagrams specially drawn for this publication
Contemporary photography creates a fresh view of well-known buildings

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Julia Jamrozik, Coryn Kempster,

University at Buffalo, the State University of New York

Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	1
Contents Free access PDF PDF	5
Quote Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	6
Architecture and Personal Narrative Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	7
Weissenhof Estate Row House. J. J. P. Oud —Stuttgart, Germany, 1927 Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	18
Tugendhat House. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe —Brno, Czech Republic, 1930 Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	82
Schminke House. Hans Scharoun—Löbau, Germany, 1933 Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	150
Unité d’Habitation. Le Corbusier—Marseille, France, 1952 Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	232
Lessons from Childhoods in Iconic Homes Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	307
Acknowledgments Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	319
About the Authors Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	322
Illustration Credits Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	323
Index Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	327

GROWING UP MODERN

Childhoods in Iconic Homes

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