The Transparent State: Architecture and Politics in Postwar Germany

‘Barnstone’s aim is as ambitious as it is fascinating.’ – Domus

‘[Barnstone] offers a stimulating argument which will engage readers interested in the debates about both German history and architecture in the twentieth century.’ – The Art Book

Deborah Ascher Barnstone is Associate Professor of Architectural Design at Washington State University, and also an architect and designer. Her work includes a special issue of the Journal of Architecture Education dedicated to transparency in Twentieth-Century architecture (with Anthony Vidler), and she has chaired sessions addressing transparency and approaches to architectural modernism at two annual meetings of the Association of Art Historians. Her design practice has explored both spatial and material transparency, and she has taught architectural design in Germany.