Berthold Lubetkin's Highpoint II and the Jewish Contribution to Modern English Architecture

ISBN-13: 9780367607029 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 110 str.

Deborah Lewittes

Opis

Drawing on the work and writings of Berthold Lubetkin, Deborah Lewittes explores the development of modernist architecture in England.  The book also situates his work within the context of wider Jewish emigration to London during the interwar years.

Spis treści

Introduction: Just the Highpoints: London in the Thirties 1. Building Highgate: High Rises and Uprisings 2. London Calling: High Stakes, High Relief 3. High Modernist Critiques 4. Practicing Jews: Modern London, the Emigration Decade, and the Weight of History

O autorze

Deborah Lewittes is an Assistant Professor of Art History at the City University of New York, USA. She has been a research fellow at the Courtauld Institute, London, UK, and Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA, and was a Lecturer at the Parsons School of Design at The New School, New York, USA.