Why a deserted Dessau belies the optimism of the Bauhaus

Article Abstract:

A descriotion of the German town of Dessau is Presented, with focus on the town's architectural design. Attention is paid to the town's pessimistic look, its deserted car parks, its simple housing blocks, and its unchanged structures for seventy five years.

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'Recession' belies the truth extent of this economic schizophrenia

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Recession describes the state of powerlessness in any economy, and architecture is one of the first, discipline to be struck down, should the economy be in a state of recession. Due to this phenomenon everything that the order of the modern era made possible can now be seen to be at risk, right from oragnised technological innovation to the survival of independent professional status itself.

United States, Evaluation, Recessions

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Nuclear verses solar-the great miracle fuel rematch

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In the aftermath of the Second World War people confidently believed that the electricity generated by atomic energy would be so cheap that utilities would not even have to bill consumers to use it. In the sixties and seventies, alternative fuel technology gathered momentum and solar energy replaced nuclear energy.

United Kingdom, World War II, 1939-1945

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