Bernard Rudofsky

Bernard Rudofsky ( born March 19, 1905 in Suchdol nad Odrou, then Zaucht ( e) l, Moravia, † March 12, 1988 New York City ) was an internationally active architect and cultural theorist who dealt extensively with the relationship between lifestyle and architecture. He is the author of publications on the topic Anonymous architecture.

In 1987 in honor of the architect, the Museum of Applied Arts (Vienna ) showed a retrospective entitled " Bernard Rudofsky. Sparta / Sybaris No new construction - a new way of life does not".

In 2009 ( 22nd District ) of Rudofskyweg was named after him in Vienna Danube city.

Writings (selection )

• Are Clothes Modern? (1947 )
• Behind the Picture Window (1955 )
• Japan: Book Design Yesterday ( 1962)
• Architecture without architects. an introduction to vernacular architecture. Residenz, Salzburg; Vienna 1989 ( Original title: Architecture Without Architects: a short introduction to non- pedigreed architecture, translated by Regina Haslinger and Berta Rudofsky ).
• The Kimono Mind: An Informal Guide to Japan and the Japanese ( 1965)
• Streets for people. Residenz, Salzburg; Vienna ~ 1995 ( Original title: Streets for People: A Primer for Americans (1969 ), translated by Berta Rudofsky and Brigitte Herbersteins ).
• The Unfashionable Human Body (1971 )
• The Prodigious Builders: Notes toward a natural history of architecture with special regard to Those species are did Traditionally neglected or downright ignored (1977 )

Secondary literature

• Guarneri, Andrea Bocco: Bernard Rudofsky: A Humane Designer, Vienna: Springer -Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-211-83719-1
• Platzer, Monika: Lessons from Bernard Rudofsky. The life is a journey. Exhibition Architecture Center Vienna in 2007, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles in 2008, Birkhauser Verlag, Basel 2007, ISBN 978-3-7643-8359-6.