Chapter 3International Competitions after the Second World War (1948–1975) and the International Union of Architects
Establishing trust within the members of the profession
The first decades in the life of the International Union of Architects (UIA) were marked by post-war reconstruction and economic growth in Europe, decolonisation in Africa and Asia, and the Cold War.1 In retrospect, competition practice seems to have been resilient, despite constant criticisms. European architects, the founders of the UIA, could have defied competition practice because of its links to the eclectic styles of the end of the 19th century, and the monumental architecture promoted by German and Italian dictators. But one of the UIA’s first projects ...
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