Monday, 2.10.2023

Book presentation: Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky. Architecture. Politics. Gender. New Perspectives on Her Life and Work

About the book
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897-2000) entered the modernist canon with the Frankfurt Kitchen. She is also considered a pioneer of social architecture, an activist of the women's movement, and last but not least, a heroine of the resistance against the Nazi dictatorship.
In this book, now also available in English, the latest research from art and contemporary history, pedagogy, and gender studies provides a differentiated picture of the architect, whose estate is housed at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. The volume sheds light on her rich architectural œuvre, her transnational experiences and professional networks, her political career as a communist, and, last but not least, her current reception. It presents Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, an icon of architectural history, beyond all myths.

Authors: Carla Aßmann, David Baum, Elisabeth Boeckl-Klamper, Marcel Bois, Helen Young Chang, Marie-Theres Deutsch, Burcu Dogramaci, S. E. Eisterer, Sebastian Engelmann, Thomas Flierl, Christoph Freyer, Juliet Kinchin, Manfred Mugrauer, Sabine Plakolm-Forsthuber, Monika Platzer, Claudia Quiring, Bernadette Reinhold, Günther Sandner, Karin Schneider, Antje Senarclens de Grancy, Änne Söll, Karin Zogmayer, Christine Zwingl

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To the announcement on the publisher's website Birkhäuser