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Architect dissolves buildings into television: a manifesto for the electronic age.
Konrad Wachsmann's Television
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256 pages
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4 May 2021
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Summary
A provocative intellectual biography that re-reads the work of one of the twentieth century’s most influential designers. Architectural historian Mark Wigley makes the surprising claim that modernist architect Konrad Wachsmann’s legendary projects were dominated by the idea of television. Investigating the archives of this pivotal figure, Wigley scrutinizes Wachsmann’s design, research, and teaching.
By closely reading a succession of unseen drawings, models, photographs, corresponden…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783956795350 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3956795350 |
| Author: | Mark Wigley |
| Publisher: | Sternberg Press |
| Imprint: | Sternberg Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 4 May 2021 |
| Weight: | 306g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 108mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Sternberg Press / Critical Spatial Practice |
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Mark Wigley
Mark Wigley is Professor and Dean Emeritus at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation.
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