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020 |a9781351124386|q(e-book : PDF)
024 7 |a10.4324/9781351124386 |2doi
035 |a(OCoLC)1031318165
040 |aFlBoTFG|cFlBoTFG|erda
041 |aeng
043 |ae-uk-en
049 |aTürk Tarih Kurumu Kütüphanesi
050 4|aNA7863.G72|bL645 2018
082 04|a720.94209043|bL677
100 1 |aLewittes, Deborah,|eauthor.
245 10|aBerthold Lubetkin's Highpoint II and the Jewish contribution to modern English architecture /|cDeborah Lewittes.
250 |aFirst edition.
264 1|aNew York :|bRoutledge,|c2018.
300 |a1 online resource (ix, 97 pages)
336 |atext|2rdacontent
337 |acomputer|2rdamedia
338 |aonline resource|2rdacarrier
505 00|tchapter Introduction -- |tJust the Highpoints: London in the thirties /|r Deborah Lewittes -- |tchapter 1 Building Highgate -- |tHigh rises and uprisings /|r Deborah Lewittes -- |tchapter 2 London calling -- |tHigh stakes, high relief /|r Deborah Lewittes -- |tchapter 3 High modernist critiques /|r Deborah Lewittes -- |tchapter 4 Practicing Jews -- |tModern London, the emigration decade, and the weight of history /|r Deborah Lewittes.
520 |a"In 1935, the Russian-born Jewish architect Berthold Lubetkin and his firm Tecton designed Highpoint, a block of flats in London which Le Corbusier called revolutionary. Three years later, Lubetkin completed a companion design. Yet Highpoint II felt very different and the sense that the ideals of modernism had been abandoned seemed hard to dispute. Had modern architecture failed to take root in England? This book challenges the belief that English architecture was on hiatus during the 1930s. Using Highpoint II as a springboard, Deborah Lewittes takes us on a journey through the defining moments of modern English architecture the high points of the period surrounding Highpoint II. Drawing on Lubetkins work and his writings, the book argues that he advanced influential, lasting theories which were rooted in his design for Highpoint II. Lubetkins work is explored within the context of wider Jewish emigration to London during the interwar years as well as the anti-semitism that pervaded Britain during the 1930s. As Lewittes demonstrates, this decade was anything but quiet. Providing a new perspective on twentieth century English architecture, this book is of interest to students and scholars in architectural history, urban studies, Jewish studies, and related fields."--Provided by publisher.
600 10|aLubetkin, Berthold,|d1901-1990|xCriticism and interpretation.
610 20|aHighpoint II (London, England)
610 20|aTecton (Firm)
650 0|aArchitecture and society|zEngland|xHistory|y20th century.
650 0|aJewish architects|zEngland.
651 0|aHighgate (London, England)|xBuildings, structures, etc.
651 0|aLondon (England)|xBuildings, structures, etc.
776 08|iPrint version:|z9780815357452
856 40|uhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351124386|zClick here to view.
901 |aTaylor & Francis