Overview
- Brilliant photos of a past yet unforgettable style period
- Background information on the work methods and creative processes in the planning practices of the time in interviews
- Photos by Herta Hurnaus were published in e.g. Wallpaper or Die Zeit
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Prior Department Store and Hotel Kyjev
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New Bridge (Nový Most)
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Trade Union House
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Reception Lounge for Guests of State
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National Gallery
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Kamzík TV Tower
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National Archives
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Slovakian Broadcasting Building
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Memorial for the Slovak National Uprising
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University of Agriculture
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Tatra Railway Station
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Hotel Panorama
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FIS Winter Sports Complex Site of the Nordic Skl World Championships
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State Political School
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Crematory
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Eastern singularities
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Late modernism in Slovakia Expanding the limits
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The grand gesture
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Interviews
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About this book
Eastern modernist architecture of the 60’s and 70’s is moving away from the specialized focus of international architecture debates and becoming a subject of discussion within the broader context of general interest. The excellent photos in the book convey the flair of an era in which planning was obviously the product of a collective vision, more so than is the case today.
The photographic and documentation project compiled by Herta Hurnaus, who lives in Vienna, and the architects Benjamin Konrad and Maik Novotny analyzes the work of prominent Slovakian architects of the time in a photographic documentary and an "oral history”.
The monumental prestigious buildings are above all the most impressive at first glance, with their features that display parallels to the sculptural designs of popular contemporary offices.
The illustrated book contains short interviews in an appendix and address architects and all those who are fascinated the aesthetic of the time.
About the authors
Herta Hurnaus was born in Linz. She has lived and worked in Vienna since 1986 and is one of Austria's most well-known architecture photographers. She has also worked as a product, protrait and advertising photographer.
The architects Maik Novotny and Benjamin Konrad have worked at various architecture offices in Stuttgart and Vienna and completed projects together since 1999.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Eastmodern
Book Subtitle: Architecture and Design of the 1960s and 1970s in Slovakia
Authors: Hertha Hurnaus, Benjamin Konrad, Maik Novotny
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-71532-1
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Vienna 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 238
Topics: Cities, Countries, Regions, Architecture, general, Design, general