Karl Langer

Fleeing Europe in 1939 for the Australian state of Queensland, the architect Karl Langer (1903-1969) found himself positioned at the very edge of both European and Australian modernism. Confronted by tropical heat and glare, the economics of affordable housing, fiercely proud regional architectural practices, and a suspicion of the foreign, Langer moulded the European language of international modernism to the unique climatic and social conditions of tropical Australia.Published as part of the <i>Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture </i>series, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked modernist architects, this book is both an examination of Langer¿s work and international legacy, and also a case study in tropical modernism and the trans-global dissemination of design ideas ¿ revealing how Langer sought to reconcile his training in international modernism with a fascination for the formal and visual languages of a regional culture, context, and climate.