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Domesticity at WarDomesticity at War

Domesticity at War

Beatriz Colomina

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In the years immediately following World War II, America embraced modern architecture - not as something imported from Europe, but as an entirely new mode of operation. This text shows how postwar American architecture adapted the techniques and materials that were developed for military applications to domestic use.

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OL3946509W

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ArchitectureArchitecture and societyCase studiesDomestic ArchitectureHistoryModern movement (Architecture)Architecture, domestic, united statesArchitecture, modern, 20th century

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