Between Walls and Windows: Architecture and Ideology

by Valerie Smith (Editor), Georg Diez (Text), Sebastian Cichocki (Text)

Between Walls and Windows documents the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, the congress hall in West Berlin presented to Germany in 1958 by the U.S., and designed by architect Hugh Stubbins. Compiling analyses, ideas and literary narratives, it uses the building to discuss the influence of architecture on populations and citizens.

280 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 2013

About the author

Valerie Smith is an American academic administrator, professor, and scholar of African-American literature and culture. She is the 15th and current president of Swarthmore College. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, she is a graduate of Bates College and the University of Virginia.