Architecture in Global Socialism
Łukasz Stanek
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Architektur
Beschreibung
How socialist architects, planners, and contractors worked collectively to urbanize and develop the Global South during the Soviet era
In the course of the Cold War, architects, planners, and construction companies from socialist Eastern Europe engaged in a vibrant collaboration with those in West Africa and the Middle East in order to bring modernization to the developing world. Architecture in Global Socialism shows how their collaboration reshaped five cities in the Global South: Accra, Lagos, Baghdad, Abu Dhabi, and Kuwait City.
Łukasz Stanek describes how local authorities and professionals in these cities drew on Soviet prefabrication systems, Hungarian and Polish planning methods, Yugoslav and Bulgarian construction materials, Romanian and East German standard designs, and manual laborers from across Eastern Europe. He explores how the socialist development path was adapted to tropical conditions in Ghana in the 1960s, and how Eastern European architectural traditions were given new life in 1970s Nigeria. He looks at how the differences between socialist foreign trade and the emerging global construction market were exploited in the Middle East in the closing decades of the Cold War. Stanek demonstrates how these and other practices of global cooperation by socialist countries—what he calls socialist worldmaking—left their enduring mark on urban landscapes in the postcolonial world.
Featuring an extensive collection of previously unpublished images, Architecture in Global Socialism draws on original archival research on four continents and a wealth of in-depth interviews. This incisive book presents a new understanding of global urbanization and its architecture through the lens of socialist internationalism, challenging long-held notions about modernization and development in the Global South.
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Industrialisation, Modernization theory, Comecon, Empire-building, Decolonization, Architectural historian, Designer, Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Development corporations, Technology, Soviet Union, Building design, Nationalization, Royal Institute of British Architects, Urban renewal, Urbanization, Architectural Forum, Vernacular architecture, Marshall Plan, Venice Biennale of Architecture, Industrial policy, Political economy, Joint venture, Building, Economic planning, The Architects' Collaborative, Socialist realism, Construction, East Germany, Architecture, Housing Corporation, Project architect, Engineering, Urban planning, Postmodern architecture, Yugoslavia, Infrastructure, Architectural drawing, Building code, Modern architecture, Urbanism, Requirement, Globalization, Architectural Design, Work permit (United Kingdom), Economic integration, Developed country, Eastern Europe, Building science, City-state, West Africa, Urban history, Civil engineering, Interior design, International Style (architecture), Project management office, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Accra, Czechoslovakia, Industrial architecture, West Germany, Socialist state, Socialist economics, World War II, New International Economic Order, Trade fair, Market socialism, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)