The Taylorized beauty of the mechanical : scientific management and the rise of modernist architecture

Publication Data

• Title The Taylorized beauty of the mechanical : scientific management and the rise of modernist architecture
• Author Mauro F. Guillén
• Publisher Princeton University Press
• Publication date 2006
• Publication location Princeton, N.J.
• Language English

Contents

Preface
Organization, modernism, and architecture
The Taylorized beauty of the mechanical
What caused modernist architecture?
Industrialization, technology, and the state: Britain, France, Germany
Backwardness and revolution: Italy, Russia, Spain
Modernism without modernity: Mexico, Brazil, Argentina
Sponsorship, professionalization, and modernist architecture
The enduring promise of modernist architecture
Appendix: leading architects.

Topics

• Modern movement (Architecture)
• Architectural practice :: History :: 20th century
• Architecture :: Social aspects
• Architecture :: Economic aspects
• Industrial management
• Engineering :: Management

The Taylorized beauty of the mechanical : scientific management and the rise of modernist architecture by Mauro F. Guillén. ISBN 9780691115207. Published by Princeton University Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.