The Taylorized Beauty of the Mechanical. Scientific Management and the Rise of Modernist Architecture

List of Plates vii List of Tables and Figures ix Preface xi Chapter One: Organization, Modernism, and Architecture 1 Chapter Two: The Taylorized Beauty of the Mechanical 15 Chapter Three: What Caused Modernist Architecture? 33 Chapter Four: Industrialization, Technology, and the State: Britain, France, Germany 45 Chapter Five: Backwardness and Revolution: Italy, Russia, Spain 68 Chapter Six: Modernism without Modernity: Mexico, Brazil, Argentina 91 Chapter Seven: Sponsorship, Professionalization, and Modernist Architecture 108 Chapter Eight: The Enduring Promise of Modernist Architecture 137 Appendix: Leading Architects 149 Illustration Credits for Plates 157 References 159 Index 179