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Transparent State: Architecture and Politics in Postwar Germany (UK)

Contributor(s): Ascher Barnstone, Deborah (Author)

ISBN: 9780415700191

Publisher: Routledge

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Pub Date: February 1, 2005

Dewey: 725.1094309

LCCN: 2004008251

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.66" H x 9.26" L x 6.38" W ( 1.41 lbs) 292 pages

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Description: Do open societies need transparent architecture? Does transparent architecture help make an open society? This book examines German culture's on-going relationship with Transparency, a relationship which culminates in the new Reichstag building.

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'Barnstone's aim is as ambitious as it is fascinating.' - Domus

'[Barnstone] offers a stimulating argument which will engage readers interested in the debates about both German history and architecture in the twentieth century.' - The Art Book

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