Radio-Activities
Architecture and Broadcasting in Cold War Berlin
$95.22
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
3 September 2024
Summary
A historical and theoretical account of the city of Berlin from the intertwined perspectives of architecture, environmental, and media studies.
In 1945, having occupied German territory, Soviet troops made two strategic moves—they dismantled the Deutschlandsender III radio transmission tower, the single tallest structure at the time in Europe, and they seized the Haus des Rundfunks in West Berlin, a monumental building designed by Hans Poelzig. These moves were crucial both symbolical…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262048705 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262048701 |
| Author: | Alfredo Thiermann Riesco |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 3 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 241mm x 171mm |
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About The Author
Alfredo Thiermann Riesco
Alfredo Thiermann Riesco is an architect and Assistant Professor of History and Theory of Architecture at the École Polytechnique Fédérale in Lausanne. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Santiago, Istanbul Design Biennial, gta exhibitions in Zurich, and Venice Art Biennale, among other institutions. He is a recipient of the Rome Prize awarded by the German Academy in Rome.
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