1960s University Buildings and abstraction as we know

and abstraction as we know it

By examining the studios and studio-houses used by British artists between 1900 and 1940

in order to decrease our vulnerability to infective agents

perceiving the museum as provocative land art

Silvano Levy’s meticulous research reveals a surrealist oeuvre that is both innovative and poignant

1960s University Buildings and abstraction as we knowThe 1960s continue to hold an almost mythical place in Western culture, particularly in Britain, where change was widespread and infiltrated many aspects of life. This included architecture, whose role in a modern democracy and the form it should take were hotly debated. This book discusses the architectural thinking of the time through an examination of the design of university buildings. While there were notable buildings being built in other