Trans-Atlantic engagements : German educators' contribution to and impact on US architectural education /

The pedagogical experiments of the Bauhaus, imported by Gropius, Mies, Hilberseimer and others to the US system, challenged traditional Beaux-Arts thinking and played a crucial role in shaping modern architectural education. Historically, the German architectural training has been different from the...

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Main Author: Lehmann, Steffen (Author)
Other Authors: Eisenschmidt, Alexander (author of preface.), Bosselmann, Peter (author of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Novato, California] : ORO Editions, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:The pedagogical experiments of the Bauhaus, imported by Gropius, Mies, Hilberseimer and others to the US system, challenged traditional Beaux-Arts thinking and played a crucial role in shaping modern architectural education. Historically, the German architectural training has been different from the Franco-Italian model. New interdisciplinary and technology-focused modes of teaching architecture and design had a long-lasting impact, however, are now again transformed by German-trained educators currently active in reshaping curricula. The conversations reveal the critical and independent thinking of this group of educators, and how they make a meaningful contribution to the discourse of architectural education appropriate to the 21st century. The book provides insight into the ways in which these German-born educators influence architectural and design education in the United States to this day.
Physical Description:v, 211 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781951541484
1951541480