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The Taylorized Beauty of the Mechanical

- Scientific Management and the Rise of Modernist Architecture

About The Taylorized Beauty of the Mechanical

The dream of scientific management was a rationalized machine world where life would approach the perfection of an assembly line. Since its early twentieth-century peak, this dream has come to seem a dehumanizing nightmare. This book tells the story of the emergence of modernist architecture as a romance with the ideas of scientific management.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780691138473
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 208
  • Published:
  • October 25, 2008
  • Dimensions:
  • 156x233x15 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 334 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 15, 2024

Description of The Taylorized Beauty of the Mechanical

The dream of scientific management was a rationalized machine world where life would approach the perfection of an assembly line. Since its early twentieth-century peak, this dream has come to seem a dehumanizing nightmare. This book tells the story of the emergence of modernist architecture as a romance with the ideas of scientific management.

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