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This anthology present a record of contemporary architecture produced during that difficult decade dominated by the second world war 1939-1945.The book presents a general panorama of modern architecture throughout the world: the view not being restricted to a careful selection of outstanding examples. This method enables some insight to given to the work of an association of friends, many of whom have been meeting together over a period of twenty years. These meeting --from the First Congress at La Sarraz in Switzerland (1928) to the Seventh Congress at Bergamo in Italy (1949) have never been take up with a discussion of personal achievements or discoveries, but have always been concerned with comparative studies of the problems of contemporary architecture and town planning. The preparation of comparative material of study at these Congresses has been a significant feature. All CIAM publications --from "Dwelling for the lower Income Classes" (Sutgartt 1930) to "Can Our Cities Survive" (Harvard University Press 1941)-- have been based upon material displayed at Congresses. This has been produced from very many countries but always in an agreed format--to same scale, employing the

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Author

O. M. Ungers

Publisher

Editions Girsberg

Published

1951

Language

EN

ISBN

9783262000551

Category

nonfiction