Karl Langer

Modern Architect and Migrant in the Australian Tropics
Herausgeber: Avermaete, Tom; Gosseye, Janina

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Produktbeschreibung

Fleeing Europe in 1939 for the Australian state of Queensland, the architect Karl Langer (1903-1969) found himself positioned at the very edge of both European and Australian modernism. Confronted by tropical heat and glare, the economics of affordable housing, fiercely proud regional architectural practices, and a suspicion of the foreign, Langer moulded the European language of international modernism to the unique climatic and social conditions of tropical Australia. Published as part of the Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture series, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked modernist architects, this book is both an examination of Langer's work and international legacy, and also a case study in tropical modernism and the trans-global dissemination of design ideas - revealing how Langer sought to reconcile his training in international modernism with a fascination for the formal and visual languages of a regional culture, context, and climate.

Produktdetails

• Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 159mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 714g
• ISBN-13: 9781350280366
• ISBN-10: 1350280364
• Artikelnr.: 64699636

Autorenporträt

Deborah van der Plaat is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the School of Architecture, the University of Queensland, Australia. John Macarthur is Professor of Architecture and Director of Research in the School of Architecture, the University of Queensland, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations List of Contributors Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Modern and Migrant Architect
Deborah van der Plaat and John Macarthur (University of Queensland Australia) 2. Karl Langer and Vienna
Philip Goad (University of Melbourne
Australia)
Andrew McNamara (Queensland University of Technology
Australia) and Andrew Wilson (University of Queensland
Australia) 3. Australia is our fate
Fiona Gardiner and Don Watson (University of Queensland
Australia) 4. Bend like bamboo: Always bounce back
Don Watson and Fiona Gardiner (University of Queensland
Australia) 5. The spell of the sunny south
the urge for 'light
sun and air.' Karl Langer's Australian writings
Deborah van der Plaat (University of Queensland
Australia) 6. Bridging Continents: Karl Langer's contributions to housing
Andrew Wilson (University of Queensland
Australia) 7. Man about Town
Robert Riddel (University of Queensland
Australia) 8. A Touch of Vienna
a Pinch of America
and a Whiff of Exoticism. Karl Langer's Architecture for Leisure and Lifestyle in Australia
Janina Gosseye (TUDelft
The Netherlands) 9. A League of His Own: Karl Langer's Landscape Australia
Andrew Saniga (University of Melbourne
Australia) Bibliography Index