A bright, well-preserved copy of Werner Hegemann’s monumental visual survey of interwar planning and housing, documenting the evolution of civic design between the City Beautiful era and the emergence of modern urbanism. Oversize hardcover (12.25” x 16.25”), pictorial dust jacket, 162 pages, b/w illustrations. Edited by William W. Forster and Robert C. Weinberg and with a forward by Sir Raymond Unwin. Published in 1938 by Architectural Book Publishing Company. A bright, well-preserved copy of this monumental visual survey of interwar planning and housing, documenting the evolution of civic design between the City Beautiful era and the emergence of modern urbanism. Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs, plans, aerial views, housing schemes, exhibition proposals, and comparative studies from Europe and the United States, including material relating to New York, Washington, the 1939 World's Fair, Scandinavian housing developments, and Soviet planning experiments. Showcasing work by J.J.P. Oud, Eliel Saarinen, Ernst May, William Lescaze, Henry Wright, and a host of lesser-known regional architects and town planners.
Ownership signature of architectural historian Carol H. Krinsky on the front pastedown, accompanied by her notation identifying the volume as a gift from Robert C. Weinberg, one of the book's editors—an appealing association linking an important planning publication to two generations of architectural scholarship. Light bumping to blue cloth boards with some fraying to bottom edge; gilt titling exceptionally fresh. Dust jacket substantially complete, with mild damp-staining and expected edge chipping and losses at the spine ends and extremities. Interior clean and bright.
A bright, well-preserved copy of Werner Hegemann’s monumental visual survey of interwar planning and housing, documenting the evolution of civic design between the City Beautiful era and the emergence of modern urbanism. Oversize hardcover (12.25” x 16.25”), pictorial dust jacket, 162 pages, b/w illustrations. Edited by William W. Forster and Robert C. Weinberg and with a forward by Sir Raymond Unwin. Published in 1938 by Architectural Book Publishing Company. A bright, well-preserved copy of this monumental visual survey of interwar planning and housing, documenting the evolution of civic design between the City Beautiful era and the emergence of modern urbanism. Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs, plans, aerial views, housing schemes, exhibition proposals, and comparative studies from Europe and the United States, including material relating to New York, Washington, the 1939 World's Fair, Scandinavian housing developments, and Soviet planning experiments. Showcasing work by J.J.P. Oud, Eliel Saarinen, Ernst May, William Lescaze, Henry Wright, and a host of lesser-known regional architects and town planners.
Ownership signature of architectural historian Carol H. Krinsky on the front pastedown, accompanied by her notation identifying the volume as a gift from Robert C. Weinberg, one of the book's editors—an appealing association linking an important planning publication to two generations of architectural scholarship. Light bumping to blue cloth boards with some fraying to bottom edge; gilt titling exceptionally fresh. Dust jacket substantially complete, with mild damp-staining and expected edge chipping and losses at the spine ends and extremities. Interior clean and bright.
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