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Modernism and the Professional Architecture Journal

Reporting, Editing and Reconstructing in Post-War Europe

Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Published: 4th Jul 2018
Dimensions: w 174mm h 245mm d 12mm
Weight: 516g
ISBN-10: 1138945226
ISBN-13: 9781138945227
Barcode No: 9781138945227
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Synopsis
The production of this book stems from two of the editors' longstanding research interests: the representation of architecture in print media, and the complex identity of the second phase of modernism in architecture given the role it played in postwar reconstruction in Europe. While the history of postwar reconstruction has been increasingly well covered for most European countries, research investigating postwar architectural magazines and journals across Europe - their role in the discourse and production of the built environment and particularly their inter-relationship and differing conceptions of postwar architecture - is relatively undeveloped. Modernism and the Professional Architecture Journal sounds out this territory in a new collection of essays concerning the second phase of the reception and assimilation of modernism in architecture, as it was represented in professional architecture journals during the period of postwar reconstruction (1945-1968). Professional architecture journals are often seen as conduits of established facts and knowledge. The role mainstream publications play, however, in establishing 'movements', 'trends' or 'debates' tends to be undervalued. In the context of the complex undertaking of postwar reconstruction, the shortage of resources, political uncertainty and the biographical complexities of individual architects, the chapters on key European architecture journals collected here reveal how modernist architecture, and its discourse, was perceived and disseminated in different European countries.

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"This is surely the first systematic survey of architectural journals produced across Europe in that vital 20-year period following the war when modernism was in vexed transit from embattled cause to contested orthodoxy. Scholarly country-by-country coverage reveals how the medium of the professional journal functioned as both a mirror and a torch, reflecting while also guiding the inextricable narratives of practice and discourse. Journalism may be but 'the first rough draft of history', yet this fascinating study shows what a rich and compelling draft it can be."

John Allan, Architect and writer

"During the years between 1945 and 1968 professional journals were testing grounds for institutional debates where modernist discourse has been produced and disseminated. Grounded in extensive new research, the essays in this volume by eleven international architectural scholars propose a stimulating interpretation of a medium whose role has been hitherto underestimated. Examining the interferences between journals, design practice and the tasks of reconstruction, the book shows us how professional architecture journals, their owners, editors, contributors and designers shaped architectural culture in the postwar decades."

Akos Moravanszky, Professor Emeritus, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

"The book Modernism and the Professional Architecture Journal. Reporting, Editing and Reconstructing in Post-War Europe edited by Torsten Schmiedeknecht and Andrew Peckham takes a different approach from [other] publications [on architecture journals]. Through the journals, the book provides an interesting insight into the history of European post-war architecture." Extract from https://www.archined.nl/2020/04/in-welke-stijl-te-bouwen-het-architectuurdebat-in-europese-tijdschriften/

Otakar Macel, Architecture historian, TU Delft "This is surely the first systematic survey of architectural journals produced across Europe in that vital 20-year period following the war when modernism was in vexed transit from embattled cause to contested orthodoxy. Scholarly country-by-country coverage reveals how the medium of the professional journal functioned as both a mirror and a torch, reflecting while also guiding the inextricable narratives of practice and discourse. Journalism may be but 'the first rough draft of history', yet this fascinating study shows what a rich and compelling draft it can be."

John Allan, Architect and writer

"During the years between 1945 and 1968 professional journals were testing grounds for institutional debates where modernist discourse has been produced and disseminated. Grounded in extensive new research, the essays in this volume by eleven international architectural scholars propose a stimulating interpretation of a medium whose role has been hitherto underestimated. Examining the interferences between journals, design practice and the tasks of reconstruction, the book shows us how professional architecture journals, their owners, editors, contributors and designers shaped architectural culture in the postwar decades."

Akos Moravanszky, Professor Emeritus, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

"The book Modernism and the Professional Architecture Journal. Reporting, Editing and Reconstructing in Post-War Europe edited by Torsten Schmiedeknecht and Andrew Peckham takes a different approach from [other] publications [on architecture journals]. Through the journals, the book provides an interesting insight into the history of European post-war architecture." Extract from https://www.archined.nl/2020/04/in-welke-stijl-te-bouwen-het-architectuurdebat-in-europese-tijdschriften/

Otakar Macel, Architecture historian, TU Delft

"The book is based on solid methodological foundations to analyse this genre of architectural journal."

Lucia C. Perez-Moreno (2020): Book, The Journal of Architecture, DOI: 10.1080/13602365.2020.1824387

"By exploring differences and commonalities between specific architectural journals, the contributions in this volume reveal how post-war architecture, its theories, debates and products, and in particular its response to modernism, were perceived and disseminated across Europe. ... through its geographical breadth the volume does offer us a greater understanding of the scope, ambition and content of the architectural journal in the period when modernism was a central issue."

Deborah Howard, Ben Tosland, Ian Campbell and Matthew James Wells., 2020. Reviews: Spring 2020. Architectural Histories, 8(1), p.7. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/ah.508

"The book offers a wealth of empirical research into the cultures and production of architectural journals, as well as details of the publishing landscapes of specific countries. This type of research can be hindered by a lack of archival material, the published magazine often the only consistently surviving source. However, the scholars in this volume have traced the networks of people editing and contributing to the journals to offer a helpful resource to fellow researchers."

Jessica Kelly, Architectural History , Volume 63 , 2020 , pp. 339 - 341. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/arh.2020.23