Archipelag CIAM : listy Heleny Syrkus  CIAM Archipelago: Helena Syrkus's letters 

• Product Details

  Product #

  2319234B

  Author(s)

  Kedziorek, Aleksandra

  City

  Warszawa 

  Country

  Poland 

  Language

  Polish; English 

  ISBN

  9788395154225 

  Date of Publication

  2019 

  Publisher

  Narodowy Instytut Architektury i Urbanistyki  

  Cover Type

  Hard cover 

  Pages

  419 

  Subject

  Fine Arts / Architecture / Photography

  Subject

  History, 20th-21st Centuries

  Subject

  Literature

   

• Product Details in Original Language

  Author

  Kędziorek, Aleksandra

  Publisher

  Narodowy Instytut Architektury i Urbanistyki  

• Description

  CIAM Archipelago: Helena Syrkus's letters For those interested in the work of Helena and Szymon Syrkus, one of the most important heroes of the Polish architectural scene of the inter-war period, it will be a great source of information on the history of architecture. For others - an intriguing image of a form torn by the winds of history. In correspondence, as in the mirror, the complicated political history of Poland and the world is reflected, which also affected the architectural environment - the anti-Semitism of the 1930s, the tragedy of the Second World War or delusions associated with the introduction of socialism. "In these difficult times, the best we have is a network of friends scattered around this shaky planet," Walter Gropius consoled Helena and Szymon Syrkus in one of the letters.