Big! Bad? Modern: Four Megabuildings in Vienna

Bys: Antje Lehn, Angelika Schnell, Stefan Gruber

Based on a collaborative research effort and accompanying exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Big Bad? Modern compiles contemporary assessments of four buildings from the controversial postwar modernist period between 1950 and 1980: the Vienna General Hospital, the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation studio, the Vienna University of Economics, and the Wohnpark Alt-Erlaa residential estate. Architecture from this period remains controversial to this day, its quality and significance the subject of frequent debate. Contributions to Big Bad? Modern assess the selected buildings' current state and use, as well as their aesthetic and historic appeal and history of public acceptance. Alongside these assessments are proposals for how the existing structures might be changed, from small alterations to radical redesigns. With more than three-hundred illustrations, including many in color, the book also contains a preface by renowned architect Nasrine Seraji and essays by Hermann Czech, Fran oise Fromont, Harry Gl ck, Sabine Kraft, and Michael Zinganel.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3906027961
• ISBN13: 9783906027968
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Park Publishing (WI)
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"