Brokers of Modernity

The story of modernist architects in East Central Europe. The first half of the twentieth century witnessed the rise of modernist architects. Brokers of Modernity reveals how East Central Europe turned into one of the pre-eminent testing grounds of the new belief system of modernism. By combining th...

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Main Author: Kohlrausch, Martin (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Leuven University Press 2019
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