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Karl Langer
Modern Architect and Migrant in the Australian Tropics
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Ideal for readers interested in architecture, modernism, migration stories, and cultural adaptation, especially those focused on Australian and tropical design contexts.
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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.
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture
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This lavishly-illustrated volume documents the fascinating journey of Karl Langer, a migrant architect who brought Viennese modernism to the Australian tropics with remarkable local sensitivity, praises Johan Lagae from Ghent University. Iain Jackson from the University of Liverpool calls it a compelling and timely story of migration, politics, and creative collaboration, enriched by contributions that highlight Gertrude Langer's crucial role.
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ISBN: 9781350280366
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 09 February 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Illustration: 142 bw illus
Contributors:
- Volume editor Dr Deborah van der Plaat
- Volume editor John Macarthur
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 720g
Pages: 328
About the Author
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.
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