must–read No 05

Shifts

Central Europe has played a very important role in the development of modern design and architecture. For various historical circumstances, in the early twentieth century many artists born in the former Austria-Hungary found themselves in faraway lands where they could innovatively apply their experience from avant-garde Europe. One of these lesser-known pioneers is architect Alfred Preis, who made his way from his native Vienna, where he was primarily influenced by the work of Adolf Loos, to Hawaii. For the first time, the new book Displaced looks at the life and work of this important exponent of Hawaiian modernism with Central European roots, whose projects include the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor.

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