The research group "Modernism in European
Architecture and Culture" explores the nature of the modernist project in
Europe since the 1750s. Examples of group members'
projects include Kimberly Elman Zarecor's research on the relationship between
architecture and communism in postwar Czechoslovakia, Ulrike Passe's
interdisciplinary work with engineers on the ecological aspects of Alvar
Aalto's work, and Mikesch Muecke's research on the intersection between
nineteenth-century European architectural theory and contemporary responses in
the built work of firms such as Herzog and DeMeuron, Peter Zumthor, and Bolles
& Wilson. For our materials, we scour libraries and archives worldwide;
scan indexes in obscure and well-known books; and enjoy reading old issues of
Oppositions and Assemblage and current issues of Grey Room, Metropolis, JSAH,
The New Yorker, Domus, Lotus, and
Dwell. For more information go to http://www.mieaac.org
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