Beschreibung:
Authoritative and readable, this excellent text, illustrated by a unique pictorial record of period architecture, surveys and examines how and why the architecture of pleasure related to the stylistic and ideological concerns of modernism in 1930s Britain.
1. Introduction 2. Theorizing the Architecture of Pleasure 3. Modernism and a Typology of Pleasure 4. Professional Relationships 5. Modernism and the Geography of Pleasure 6. Construction and Architectural Servicing 7. Consuming and Experiencing the Architecture of Pleasure 8. Conclusion