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The Transparent State: Architecture and Politics in Postwar Germany book cover

1st Edition

The Transparent State Architecture and Politics in Postwar Germany

By Deborah Ascher Barnstone Copyright 2005
292 Pages 55 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

304 Pages 55 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

304 Pages 55 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Examining the transformation of transparency as a metaphor in West German political thought to an analogy for democratic architecture, this book   questions the prevailing assumption in German architectural circles that transparency in governmental buildings can be equated with openness, accessibility and greater democracy. The Transparent State traces the development of transparency... Read more
Acknowledgements  Introduction  1. Transparency Ideology  2. Transparency in German Architecture before and after the War  3. The Quest for an Open Society  4. Looking in the Mirror: Transparency after 1989  5. A Metaphor for the New Germany  6. House of Openness, Architecture of Encounter  7. Coming to Terms with the Past: Transparency in Norman Foster's Reichstag  8. Why Transparency?  Appendix 1: Biography of Hans Schwippert  Appendix 2: Biography of Günter Behnisch  Appendix 3: Biography of Sir Norman Foster  Appendix 4: Glück und Glas, Hans Schwippert  Bibliography

Biography

Deborah Ascher Barnstone is Associate Professor of Architectural Design at Washington State University, and also an architect and designer. Her work includes a special issue of the Journal of Architecture Education dedicated to transparency in Twentieth-Century architecture (with Anthony Vidler), and she has chaired sessions addressing transparency and approaches to architectural modernism at two annual meetings of the Association of Art Historians. Her design practice has explored both spatial and material transparency, and she has taught architectural design in Germany.

'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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