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Romanian Modernism, seduces the reader with a treasure of well preserved buildings that express the cultural values of this important movement. The architecture and urbanism of Romanian Modernism is one of the best-kept secrets of the early Modern period. -- Ligia Slovic - Rave, University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences This book is little short of a revelation. It celebrates an extraordinarily rich period of architectural production which will now be much better known outside the country of origin. I put the book down itching to travel to romania, excited by the quantity and quality of the works, a canon of buildings dominated by a sense of collective joy. -- David Dunster, Roscoe Professor of Architecture, The University of Liverpool Romanian Modernism is an original contribution in the theory and history of modern architecture in Eastern Europe. Well documented and clearly written, the book informs the contemporary reader about the particular extent of architectural creativity in interwar Romania and analizes the idiosyncratic adoption of the archetypes of the Modern Movement and the avant-garde within Romanian architecture. -- Doina Petrescu, Iowa State University Eastern Europe's special contribution to modern architecture before 1939 is increasingly acknowledged. Now Machedon and Scoffham add romania to the canon with a thorough and scholarly review of some impressive architecture and urban design. -- Anthony Sutcliffe, Department of History, University of Nottingham