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- W836165919 abstract "The development of a scientific theory of colour and of standardized colourranges by a small group of modernist architects is a fascinating but Little-knownepisode of post-war British architectural history. In many articles, officialpublications, and conferences, and from within key organizations of thebuilding industry, these architects promoted a theory of colour selection andapplication based on seemingly 'functional' and 'rational' criteria such as the'aesthetic of the structure', the character of the building and its occupants,and the improvement of lighting and vision. Architects were also concernedwith the standardization of colour, leading, from 1955 until the late 1970s, tofarchitectural' ranges responding to 'functional' needs being published asofficial British Standards.Cotour in modern architecture has only recently become the subject ofcritical historical studies. Its belated reassessment by historians is, in part-,related to modernism's own rejection of cotour, which was seen to belong tothe transient and decadent phenomena of decoration and fashion. Yet, manymodernist architects persisted in thinking about and applying colour in theirbuildings.This thesis explores some of the different and complex meanings ofcolour as well as the ambivalent role of science in post-war Britisharchitecture. It shows that the scientization and standardization of colourafter the war was in part an attempt by architects to maintain and makeI acceptable a new decorative theory and practice of colour in face of thedominant ideology of science promoted by the Welfare State, and of themodernist hostility to decoration. It shows that colour was then such an attractive subject for architects because it allowed them to appear as scientificexperts but at the same time, retain control over architectural practice byasserting the primacy of their mysterious aesthetic abilities." @default.
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- W836165919 title "Architecture, science and colour in Britain 1945-1976." @default.
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