The Threat to the Next America
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"I have decided to speak up."--incipit "I hear people complaining about the much-publicized."--excerpt "Something is rotten in the state of design - and it is spoiling some of our best efforts in modern living … it is common sense which is under attack … worst of all, it [ International Style ] contains a threat of cultural dictatorship."--"The Threat to the Next America" (1953) by Elizabeth Gordon --"The Threat to the Next America" (1953) by Elizabeth Gordon |
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"The Threat to the Next America" (1953) is an essay by Elizabeth Gordon.
In it, she criticized International Style modern architecture and associated it with totalitarianism and communism.
She also said the style was non-practical, citing many instances where "glass houses" were too hot in summer and too cold in winter, empty, take away private space, lack beauty and generally are not livable. Moreover, she accused this style proponents of taking away sense of beauty from people and thus covertly pushing for totalitarian society.
