How the Tuberculosis Pandemic Helped Shape Modernist Architecture (8 photos)
Early 20th-century modernism emerged hot on the heels of a tuberculosis epidemic. Tuberculosis was the leading cause of death at the time, the “robber of youth,” and those who could afford to sought treatments in sanatoriums, where they had access to the curative effects of sunlight, fresh air and the...
Early 20th-century modernism emerged hot on the heels of a tuberculosis epidemic. Tuberculosis was the leading cause of death at the time, the “robber of youth,” and those who could afford to sought treatments in sanatoriums, where they had access to the curative effects of sunlight, fresh air and the...
