Werner Hegemann and the Search for Universal Urbanism

by Christiane Crasemann Collins

Overview

Addressing the life and work of a major figure of the Modern Movement in architecture and city planning, about whom very little is known, this first full study of Werner Hegemann (1881-1936) recounts his contribution to the emerging discipline of international city planning and his influential position within the movement.

The foremost scholar on Hegemann, Collins examines the theoretical and ideological basis of his belief in an urban universality to benefit humanity and discusses the criticism he encountered to present a comprehensive analysis of a leader in a field just beginning to define itself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393731569
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	04/17/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	420
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Christiane Crasemann Collins, a historian of modern architecture and city planning, lives in West Falmouth, Massachusetts.

Editorial Reviews

"By providing this first true study of his career, Collins… has increased our understanding of the diversity of urban and architectural criticism in the early twentieth century."

Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review

"[I]mportant addition to the history of urbanism in the first half of the twentieth century"

Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

"[S]hould appeal to many with an interest in modernism and the modern city."

H-Net Book Review

"Collins has undoubtedly performed a great service in awarding her farsighted, brave and ultimately tragic hero the attention he has deserved."

Modern Painters

"There is much to admire...content, impressive attention to detail, and the capacity to maintain a consistently high level of scholarship"

Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology

"[I]mportant contribution to the literature of twentieth-century urbanism…It will undoubtedly become the standard work on Hegemann and his many-faceted career."

Planning Perspectives

"Now, at last, a biography of Hegemann has been published… [T]his book is a step toward reclaiming a notable figure."

New Urban News