Exhibitions as the medium of architectural reproduction "modern architecture: international exhibition"

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This thesis studies the influential role of architectural exhibitions in shaping and directing architectural discourses. The study accepts architectural exhibitions and associated publications as the أcritical actؤ of architecture, in which (the work of) architecture is interpreted, reproduced and publicized. The main focus of this thesis is أModern Architecture: International Exhibition,ؤ held in 1932 at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). This particular exhibition is a significant historical event, which officially announced architecture of the early 20th century as أInternational Style.ؤ The thesis underlines the role of the 1932 exhibition and MoMA as an architectural media in reproducing the works of architecture and reformulating the agenda of 20th century modern architecture especially in U.S.A.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/15218

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B. Tabibi, “Exhibitions as the medium of architectural reproduction “modern architecture: international exhibition”,” M.Arch. - Master of Architecture, Middle East Technical University, 2005.