Style and Solitude: The History of an Architectural Problem by Hvattum New^*

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How modern notions of architectural style were born\u2014and the debates they sparked in nineteenth-century Germany.\nThe term style has fallen spectacularly out of fashion in architectural circles. Once a conceptual key to understanding architecture\u2019s inner workings, today style seems to be associated with superficiality, formalism, and obsolete periodization. But how did style\u2014once defined by German sociologist Georg Simmel as a place where one is \u201Cno longer alone\u201D\u2014in architecture actually work? How was it used and what did it mean? In Style and Solitude, Mari Hvattum seeks to understand the apparent death of style, returning to its birthplace in the late eighteenth century, and charting how it grew to influence modern architectural discourse and practice. \nAs Hvattum explains, German thinkers\n\nStyle and Solitude\nThe History of an Architectural Problem\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delive;