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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Bibliographic Details
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.
Subjects:	Architecture > Study and teaching > History.

Table of Contents:

Early German influences, immigration and assimilation
The historical cases and a timeline of 200 years
consolidation of the modernist approach in the US architectural education
The current context and a map
Trans-Atlantic engagements today: German educators currently at US schools of architecture
The interviews with current educators.