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Mechanization Takes Command: A Contribution to Anonymous History Mechanization Takes Command A Contribution to Anonymous History Sigfried Giedion 2013 Fall
One of the twentieth century’s best-known architectural theorists examines the impact of mechanization on daily life
Manhattan Atmospheres: Architecture, the Interior Environment, and Urban Crisis Manhattan Atmospheres Architecture, the Interior Environment, and Urban Crisis David Gissen 2013 Fall
Examines the impact of New York City’s monumental late-modern architecture on the restructuring of the city
The Fragmented Politics of Urban Preservation: Beijing, Chicago, and Paris The Fragmented Politics of Urban Preservation Beijing, Chicago, and Paris Yue Zhang 2013 Fall
Reveals the political underpinnings of urban preservation
New Architecture on Indigenous Lands New Architecture on Indigenous Lands Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka 2013 Spring
Tribal architecture gets back to its Native roots—and becomes something new
Pedestrian Modern: Shopping and American Architecture, 1925–1956 Pedestrian Modern Shopping and American Architecture, 1925–1956 David Smiley 2013 Spring
How the design of stores and shopping centers shaped modern architecture in the United States
Corridor: Media Architectures in American Fiction Corridor Media Architectures in American Fiction Kate Marshall 2013 Spring
How neglected architectural spaces act as media in modern American novels
Commemorating and Forgetting: Challenges for the New South Africa Commemorating and Forgetting Challenges for the New South Africa Martin J. Murray 2013 Spring
Reshaping the past for a livable present through “landscapes of remembrance” composed of art and architecture, museums and memorials
Designing the Creative Child: Playthings and Places in Midcentury America Designing the Creative Child Playthings and Places in Midcentury America Amy F. Ogata 2013 Spring
The construction of the “creative child” as Cold War America’s best hope for the future
House, but No Garden: Apartment Living in Bombay’s Suburbs, 1898–1964 House, but No Garden Apartment Living in Bombay’s Suburbs, 1898–1964 Nikhil Rao 2012 Fall
The emergence of apartment living in the suburbs in mid-twentieth-century Bombay
Constitutional Modernism: Architecture and Civil Society in Cuba, 1933–1959 Constitutional Modernism Architecture and Civil Society in Cuba, 1933–1959 Timothy Hyde 2012 Fall
How architecture, law, and urbanism shaped the premises of civil society in Cuba
Little White Houses: How the Postwar Home Constructed Race in America Little White Houses How the Postwar Home Constructed Race in America Dianne Harris 2012 Fall
How the ordinary American house contributed to definitions of middle-class whiteness and an exclusionary housing market in the postwar era
Unlearning the City: Infrastructure in a New Optical Field Unlearning the City Infrastructure in a New Optical Field Swati Chattopadhyay 2012 Fall
A new way to describe the city—through the lens of popular culture and street life
The Nazi Perpetrator: Postwar German Art and the Politics of the Right The Nazi Perpetrator Postwar German Art and the Politics of the Right Paul B. Jaskot 2012 Fall
A fundamental reevaluation of how the Nazi past shaped postwar German art and architecture
Observation Points: The Visual Poetics of National Parks Observation Points The Visual Poetics of National Parks Thomas Patin, Editor 2012 Spring
A new understanding of visual rhetoric offers unique insights into issues of representation and identity
The Modern Architectural Landscape The Modern Architectural Landscape Caroline Constant 2012 Spring
Examines the overlooked contributions of modern architects to landscape design