Title Architecture in global socialism : Eastern Europe, West Africa, and the Middle East in the Cold War / Łukasz Stanek

Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020] ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 357 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits, plans Contents Chapter 1. Introduction Worldmaking of Architecture -- Chapter 2. A Global Development Path Accra, 1957-66 -- Chapter 3. Worlding Eastern Europe Lagos, 1966-79 -- Chapter 4. The World Socialist System Baghdad, 1958-90 -- Chapter 5. Socialism within Globalization Abu Dhabi and Kuwait City, 1979-90 -- Epilogue and Outlook Summary In the course of the Cold War, architects, planners, and contractors 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. Lukasz 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 East 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 Featuring an extensive collection of previously unpublished images, Architecture in Global Socialism draws on original archival research in sixteen countries and a wealth of in-depth interviews.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 Analysis Abu Dhabi Accra Aga Khan Award for Architecture Architectural Design Architectural Forum Architectural drawing Architectural historian Architectural technology Architecture Building code Building design Building material Building science Building Calabar Capitalism Central Asia City-state Civil engineer Civil engineering Colonialism Comecon Construction management Construction Czechoslovakia Decolonization Designer Developed country Development corporations Development plan East Germany Eastern Europe Economic development Economic integration Economic planning Economy of the Soviet Union Empire-building Engineering Globalization Hotel design Housing Corporation Howard University Imperialism Industrial architecture Industrial policy Industrialisation Infrastructure Interior design International Style (architecture) Internationalization Islamic architecture Joint venture Kuwait Labour law Market socialism Marshall Plan Ministry of Works (United Kingdom) Modern architecture Modernization theory Nation-building Nationalization New International Economic Order Political economy Postmodern architecture Prefabrication Project architect Project management office Public housing Requirement Royal Institute of British Architects Saddam Hussein Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Socialist economics Socialist realism Socialist state Soviet Union State-building Technology Technoscience The Architects' Collaborative Trade fair Trade regulation Type design United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Urban history Urban morphology Urban planner Urban planning Urban renewal Urbanism Urbanization Venice Biennale of Architecture Vernacular architecture West Africa West Germany Work permit (United Kingdom) World War II World economy World history Yugoslavia Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Architecture, Modern -- 20th century. Architecture -- Europe, Eastern Architecture -- Africa, West Architecture -- Middle East. Socialist realism and architecture. Architecture, Modern. ARCHITECTURE -- History -- Contemporary (1945- ) Socialist realism and architecture Architecture Architecture, Modern Eastern Europe Middle East West Africa Form Electronic book ISBN 9780691194554 0691194556

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