Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky. Architecture. Politics. Gender.: New Perspectives on Her Life and Work

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A pioneer of architectural history 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. First comprehensive publication on Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky in English Cross-disciplinary research contributions by renowned authors; foreword by Juliet Kinchin Illuminates Schütte-Lihotzky’s fascinating work alongside the Frankfurt Kitchen Contents Foreword More than Just “That Damned Kitchen.” New Perspectives on the Life and Work of Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky Biographical and Gender- Historical Perspectives One Hundred Years Lively and Alert. On the Vitality of Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky “Planning and Building—These Things Matter to You Women.” Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky’s Lifelong Democratic Commitment on Behalf of Women Profession: “Frau Architekt.” On the Training of Vienna’s First Female Architects Life Number Three. Reflections on Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky’s Autobiographical Work Stations in the Life of a Transnational Female Architect On Settler Huts and Core-Houses. Margarete Lihotzky’s Contribution to Cooperative Labor in the Vienna Settlement Movement Designed by a Woman with Women. Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky and New Frankfurt Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky’s Soviet Years (1930–37) Intermezzo in Istanbul. Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky’s Projects in Turkish Exile Forgotten Discourses on Architecture in Vienna after 1945 Rereading Schütte-Lihotzky’s 1956 China Diary: From the Walls of Beijing siheyuan to Vienna’s Rinnböckstrasse Consistently Modern? Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky as an Adviser to the Deutsche Bauakademie in the German Democratic Republic Encounters Friendship and Estrangement. Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky and Otto Neurath Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky and Herbert Eichholzer. A Relational Fabric and Its Implications Wilhelm Schütte—In the Shadow of Lihotzky? The Political Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky “Followed a False Ideology till Her Dying Day.” Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky as a Communist Intellectual Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky’s Fight against the Nazi Regime From Anti-Fascist Consensus to Anti-Communist Hegemony. The Marginalization of the Communist Party of Austria at the Onset of the Cold War On the Order of Cooking Spoons. Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky and Women’s Politics within the Communist Party of Austria after 1945—A Case Study Kindergartens and Kitchens: Reflection and Reception Margarete Schütte- Lihotzky’s “House for Children.” Pedagogical Reflections Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky’s Buildings for Children The Frankfurt Kitchen as a Museum Object “Facadism.” The Reception of the Frankfurt Kitchen and the Art Market Appendix Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky— Biography Selected Bibliography Index Abbreviations Image Credits Authors Acknowledgments Imprint