Sanctioning modernism: architecture and the making of postwar identities

ForewordFrederick SteinerPrefaceVladimir Kulic, Timothy Parker, and Monica PenickAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Writing History: Reflections on the Story of Midcentury Modern Architecture Dennis P. DoordanPart I. Modernism and the StateIntroduction Vladimir Kulic1. Bucharest: The City TransfiguredJuliana Maxim2. The Scope of Socialist Modernism: Architecture and State Representation in Postwar Yugoslavia Vladimir Kulic3. Czechoslovakia's Model Housing Developments: Modern Architecture for the Socialist Future Kimberly Elman Zarecor4. Sanctioning Modernism and Tradition: Italian Architecture, the Vernacular, and the StateMichelangelo SabatinoPart II. Making Religion ModernIntroductionTimothy Parker5. Uncertainty and the Modern Church: Two Roman Catholic Cathedrals in BritainRobert Proctor6. "Humanly sublime tensions": Luigi Moretti's Chiesa del Concilio (1965-1970)Timothy Parker7. Modernism and the Concept of Reform: Liturgy and Liturgical ArchitectureRichard KieckheferPart III: Modernism and DomesticityIntroductionMonica Penick8. "Technologically" Modern: The Prefabricated House and the Wartime Experience of Skidmore, Owings and MerrillHyun-Tae Jung9. "Modern but not too modern": House Beautiful and the American StyleMonica Penick10. House and Haunted GardenSandy IsenstadtFurther Reading