P. T. Laurinaitis “Formation of national school of urban planning in the First Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940)” doctoral dissertation defence

Author, Institution: Paulius Tautvydas Laurinaitis, Kaunas University of Technology

Science area, field of science: Humanities, History and Theory of Arts, H003

Scientific Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr.Vaidas Petrulis

Dissertation Defence Board of Humanities, History and Theory of Arts Science Field:

Prof. Habil. Dr. Vytautas Levandauskas (Vytautas Magnus University, Humanities, History and Theory of Arts, H003) – chairman;

Assoc. Prof. Edward Denison (University College London, Humanities, History and Theory of Arts, H003);

Prof. Dr. Marija Drėmaitė (Vilnius University, Humanities, History and Theory of Arts, H003);

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aistė Lazauskienė (Vytautas Magnus University), Humanities, History, H005);

Prof. Dr. Kęstutis Zaleckis (Kaunas University of Technology, Humanities, History and Theory of Arts, H003).

The doctoral dissertation is available at the library of Kaunas University of Technology (Donelaičio 20, Kaunas).

Annotation:

Dissertation examines the development of urban planning in the First Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940). Based on archival research, the phenomenon is studied through three layers – institutional, discourse and physical. The development of the institutions and statutes regulating urban planning, the organizations that influenced the processes, the evolution of the discourse, the features of the prepared plans and the reflection of all these elements in practice are revealed.