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Karl Langer: Modern Architect and Migrant in the Australian Tropics: Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture

Dr Deborah van der Plaat, John MacArthur
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 feb 2023
Fleeing Europe in 1939 for the Australian state of Queensland, the architect Karl Langer (1903-1969) found himself positioned at the very edge of both European and Australian modernism. Confronted by tropical heat and glare, the economics of affordable housing, fiercely proud regional architectural practices, and a suspicion of the foreign, Langer moulded the European language of international modernism to the unique climatic and social conditions of tropical Australia.Published as part of the Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture series, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked modernist architects, this book is both an examination of Langer's work and international legacy, and also a case study in tropical modernism and the trans-global dissemination of design ideas - revealing how Langer sought to reconcile his training in international modernism with a fascination for the formal and visual languages of a regional culture, context, and climate.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781350280366
ISBN-10: 1350280364
Pagini: 328
Ilustrații: 142 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.98 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Seria Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

A large number of Langer's projects were unrealised and are therefore little-studied. The book will give access to this important body of work for the first time

Notă biografică

Deborah van der Plaat is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the School of Architecture, the University of Queensland, Australia.John Macarthur is Professor of Architecture and Director of Research in the School of Architecture, the University of Queensland, Australia.

Cuprins

List of Illustrations List of ContributorsAcknowledgements1. Introduction: Modern and Migrant Architect, Deborah van der Plaat and John Macarthur (University of Queensland Australia)2. Karl Langer and Vienna, Philip Goad (University of Melbourne, Australia), Andrew McNamara (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) and Andrew Wilson (University of Queensland, Australia)3. Australia is our fate, Fiona Gardiner and Don Watson (University of Queensland, Australia)4. Bend like bamboo: Always bounce back, Don Watson and Fiona Gardiner (University of Queensland, Australia)5. The spell of the sunny south, the urge for 'light, sun and air.' Karl Langer's Australian writings, Deborah van der Plaat (University of Queensland, Australia)6. Bridging Continents: Karl Langer's contributions to housing, Andrew Wilson (University of Queensland, Australia)7. Man about Town, Robert Riddel (University of Queensland, Australia)8. A Touch of Vienna, a Pinch of America, and a Whiff of Exoticism. Karl Langer's Architecture for Leisure and Lifestyle in Australia, Janina Gosseye (TUDelft, The Netherlands)9. A League of His Own: Karl Langer's Landscape Australia, Andrew Saniga (University of Melbourne, Australia) Bibliography Index

Recenzii

This lavishly-illustrated volume is a fine piece of transnational architectural history writing, documenting the fascinating trajectory of a migrant architect who imported innovative ideas from cosmopolitan Vienna to the provincial Australian tropics and produced work of remarkable local sensitivity.
A compelling, innovative and timely story of migration, politics and creative collaboration from occupied Vienna to the tropics of Australia. This impressive constellation of authors each bring a fascinating, and carefully researched dimension to the Karl Langer story, not forgetting the crucial contribution made by Gertrude Langer.