World War II and the American Dream

Each contributor will discuss the complex architectural heritage of this most famous era from different perspectives in our country's history.

Donald Albrecht is a guest curator at the National Architecture Museum "World War II and American Dream" exhibition.

The area that experienced tremendous change during the Second World War was how the country saw the living space. World War II and America's Dream: The wartime architecture changed the country edited by Donald Albrecht. And we recorded some of the changes that occurred in buildings, community planning and public housing. This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name held by the National Architecture Museum. Several things became clear when the country entered a full - scale war. First, during the war, housing is needed around the factory. Secondly, I need a new housing design. Efficiency is the most important. Because many traditional materials such as steel can only be used for war, architects need to come up with a new way to build a house. Through the application of many technological progress made during the wartime, architects came up with a cheap and durable house that can be gathered in a day.

After the Second World War, the US retreated and had to see his own country. The American dream has recovered with the atrocities of war. In the 1930's, American Dream worked hard, served a family with a man, and was about to get out of recession. In the 1940's, things changed after the Second World War, and consumerism and feminism began to play an important role in many other factors. There are many ways to explain American dreams and their influences, such as World War II, modernism, new technology, entertainment.