The Post-war University Utopianist Campus and College Stefan Muthesius

Series:
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Format:
Hardback
Publication date:
12 Jan 2001
ISBN:
9780300087178
Dimensions:
344 pages: 246 x 171 x 32mm
Illustrations:
50 colour pl 150 illustrations

An examination of the expansion of universities from the late 1950s to the early 1970s in Western Europe and North America. It concentrates on the widely-shared belief that good planning and distinguished architecture could bring forth academically mature and socially adjusted students.