Theorist

Karel Teige

1900–1951 Czech avant-garde
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Details

Nationality
Czech

Notes

Interlocutor in the 1929 Mundaneum debate with Le Corbusier — the foundational instance of the universalism-versus-context critique.

Connections

Sources

  1. Hilde Heynen. Architecture and Modernity: A Critique. MIT Press, 1999.

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First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Karel Teige." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/karel-teige/. Accessed July 17, 2026.