Ignored by the former communist governments and overshadowed by a focus on German and Dutch functionalism‎,‎ the achievements of early modernist architects in Eastern Europe have often been omitted from western surveys of modern architecture‎.‎ This text provides a retrospective of functionalist buildings completed between the wars in Czechoslovakia‎,‎ Hungary and Poland‎.‎ Presenting the work of such architects as Mies van der Rohe‎,‎ Adolf Loos and Hans Scharoun‎,‎ this volume is illustrated with archival photographs and drawings of projects from each country‎:‎ sanatoria‎,‎ sports facilities‎,‎ hotels‎,‎ villas‎,‎ governmental and religious buildings‎.‎ An introductory essay by Wojciech Lesnikowski examines functionalism in Eastern Europe from an international perspective‎,‎ while essays by architectural historians from Czechoslovakia‎,‎ Hungary and Poland explore competing ideas and functionalism in each country‎.‎ Contributors include Vladimir Slapeta‎,‎ John Macsai‎,‎ Janos Bonta and Olgierd Czerner‎.‎