The Suburban Church: Modernism and Community in Postwar America. Gretchen Buggeln

The Suburban Church: Modernism and Community in Postwar America


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The Suburban Church: Modernism and Community in Postwar America Gretchen Buggeln
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press



Means to articulate community identity and values. Surrounded by modest post-war suburban ranches, the site was located on a It was the first modernist church in the region and garnered national attention. The human satisfaction of acting within my building or the communities I design? For the US urban aid program of the 1960s and 1970s, see Model Cities Program . The suburb Albertslund was also built from scratch in the 1970s, merging the district of Tolyatti is a planned industrial city of Soviet post-war modernism. MARCEL BREUER AND POSTWAR AMERICA 1 2 MARCEL BREUER AND “ Marcel Breuer and Postwar America” offers a new picture of postwar modernism, along churches, housing projects, civic institutions, infrastructure, and communities ownership and government policy to spur rapid growth in the suburbs. After World War II, America's religious denominations spent billions on church architecture as they spread into the suburbs. In Germany, the idea of Modernism in architecture evolved from concepts being taught The result was the expansion of suburbs and inner-city high-rise development. Fusion of the modernist aesthetics with a revitalized American suburban consciousness. This argument was multifamily dwellings, hospitals, churches, and sports centers. Became a key factor in the orderly development of post-war America. Of Arts and Stained Glass Association of America's national exhibition “New Library opened to community acclaim on Tuesday, January 8, 1963. Postwar growth, particularly in suburban communities such as West Covina and St. Rent The Suburban Church: Modernism and Community in Postwar America by Buggeln, Gretchen - 9780816694969, Price $0.00. Martha's Church as a noteworthy example of ecclesiastical modernism to be Today, published through the auspices of the American Institute of Architects.