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Stressing Wachsmann : structures for a future = Strukturen für eine Zukunft /

In 1951, Konrad Wachsmann and his department at the IIT received a commission from the US Air Force to investigate no less than a completely new method of construction based on the structural models he had already developed. The iconographic model of the US Air Force Hangar developed from this work...

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Corporate Authors: Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien. Institut für Architektur (Editor); Akademie der Künste (Berlin, Germany) (Editor)
Group Author: Wachsmann, Konrad, 1901-1980.; Bollinger, Klaus, 1952- (Editor); Medicus, Florian, 1977- (Editor)
Published: Birkhäuser,
Publisher Address: Basel, Switzerland :
Publication Dates: [2020]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
German
Series: Edition Angewandte,
Subjects:
Wachsmann, Konrad, > 1901-1980.
Wachsmann, Konrad, > 1901-1980 > Influence.
1900-1999
Architecture > Germany > History > 20th century.
Architecture > United States > History > 20th century.
Architecture and technology > Germany > History > 20th century.
Architecture and technology > United States > History > 20th century.
Architecture.
Architecture and technology.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Germany.
United States.
History.
Summary: In 1951, Konrad Wachsmann and his department at the IIT received a commission from the US Air Force to investigate no less than a completely new method of construction based on the structural models he had already developed. The iconographic model of the US Air Force Hangar developed from this work was a true "turning point in building": the structure designed represents an almost futurist promise of a fully industrialized building culture, the conceptual image of which also became the direct inspiration for various architectural avant-gardes. 'Stressing Wachsmann' attempts to finally place Konrad Wachsmann's achievement appropriately in architectural history and to critically compare the mental and material conditions involved in the construction of buildings at that time and today.
Carrier Form: 112, 122 pages, 147 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9783035619621
303561962X
Index Number: NA1088
CLC: TU-097.12
TU-095.16
Call Number: WG/TU-095.16/S915

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