Piercing Cultural Hegemony
A few years after its construction, critics contended that Minimalism was overly indulgent for the average person, prompting a decisive shift within the movement toward greater functionalism.
Architectural design became increasingly streamlined, prioritizing purpose and utility above all else. You get the picture.
However, the utopian aspirations of the New Objectivity movement unraveled in Germany due to the rise of the Nazi regime and in Russia under Soviet authoritarianism. The onset of the Great Depression in 1929 further destabilized these ambitions, and the withdrawal of Soviet patronage forced Modernism to adapt in ways few had anticipated.
