Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky
(1897–2000) entered the modernist canon with her "Frankfurt Kitchen.” She is also considered a pioneer of social architecture,
a women’s rights activist, and, last but not least, a heroine of the resistance to the Nazi dictatorship.
In this
book, available in English for the first time recent research in the fields of art history, contemporary history, pedagogy,
and gender studies provides a nuanced picture of Schütte-Lihotzky, whose estate is archived at the University of Applied Arts
Vienna. The volume explores her rich architectural oeuvre, her transnational experiences and professional networks, her political
development as a Communist, and her current reception. It breaks through the mythology to present a rounded picture of Schütte-Lihotzky,
an icon of architectural history.
Original German-language edition:
Margarete
Schütte-Lihotzky. Architektur. Politik. Geschlecht. – Neue Perspektiven auf Leben und Werk (Birkhäuser, 2019)
Marcel Bois, Research Centre for Contemporary History in Hamburg
Bernadette Reinhold,
Collection and Archive, University of Applied Arts Vienna
BOOK PRESENTATIONS
Margarete
Schütte-Lihotzky. Architecture. Politics. Gender. – New Perspectives on Her Life and Work was presented to the public
on October 2, 2023, at the Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky Zentrum Wien, on October 19, 2023, at the Austrian Cultural Forum New
York, and on January 23, 2024, at HDA – Haus der Architektur Graz.
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