Plattenbau Berlin: A Photographic Survey of Postwar Residential Architecture by Simon, Jesse

Plattenbau Berlin: A Photographic Survey of Postwar Residential Architecture

This book takes a fresh look at Plattenbauten, the iconic residential buildings that Berliners love to hate;...
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Author: Jesse Simon
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Language: English
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Plattenbau Berlin: A Photographic Survey of Postwar Residential Architecture by Simon, Jesse

Plattenbau Berlin: A Photographic Survey of Postwar Residential Architecture

€49,01

Plattenbau Berlin: A Photographic Survey of Postwar Residential Architecture

€49,01
Author: Jesse Simon
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
This book takes a fresh look at Plattenbauten, the iconic residential buildings that Berliners love to hate; celebrating the beauty of their textural details and discovering a microcosm of twentieth-century urbanism in the story of their construction.

Made from prefabricated concrete panels, Plattenbauten rose from the ruins of Berlin, providing a quick and inexpensive solution to the severe housing shortage faced by the city after World War II. Although criticized in their day for their sterility and impersonal scale, they nonetheless became an integral part of the city. Drawn from his extensive investigations into Berlin's urban landscape, Jesse Simon's texts and photographs offer a convincing argument for the aesthetic and social value of buildings that were once described as "eyesores." Focused on urban developments constructed between the 1950s and the early 1990s, the book is structured geographically, devoting equal attention to the former East and West. It includes more than 200 images filled with warm light and saturated hues, revealing a diversity of color and detail that may often be lost on the casual observer. It also illustrates how, despite vast differences in political ideologies, both East and West Berlin employed remarkably similar approaches to the creation of new urban spaces. For fans of Brutalism and Modernism, Plattenbau Berlin is both an engaging reconsideration of postwar urbanism, and a unique entry point for exploring Berlin's history and architecture.


Author: Jesse Simon
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Published: 04/05/2022
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.90w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9783791388359

About the Author
Jesse Simon has spent the past several years documenting the urban patterns and decorations of his native city for the Berlin Texture Twitter account. The founder of the Berlin Typology Project, he is also the author of Berlin Typography, published by Prestel.

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