The built environment of former socialist countries is often deemed uniform and drab, an apt reflection of a repressive regime. "Building the State "peeks behind the grey fa ade to reveal a colourful struggle over competing meanings of the nation, Europe, modernity and the past in a divided continent.
Examining how social change is closely intertwined with transformations of the built environment, this volume focuses on the relationship between architecture and state politics in postwar Central Europe using examples from Hungary and Germany. Built around four case studies, the book...
The built environment of former socialist countries is often deemed uniform and drab, an apt reflection of a repressive regime. "Building the State...
