Gustav Adolf Platz - Die Baukunst der neuesten Zeit. Zweite Auflage 6.-10. Tausend
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Gustav Adolf Platz - Die Baukunst der neuesten Zeit. Zweite Auflage 6.-10. Tausend - Berlin - Im Propyläen-Verlag / Bauwelt - 1930 - 2nd edition - [640] pp - Half leather binding- 19,5 x 27 cm.
Condition: Good - paper of the front cover is double bound (authentic factory defect), from which the outer layer comes loose.
Robust photobook with an overview of early 20th century architecture (bridges, industrial buildings, villas, etc.) in (Eastern) Europe and (briefly) North America. The photography here and there is reminiscent of the work of Bernd & Hilla Becher and some (Eastern European) buildings can be called 'Brutalist'.
Illustrated with photos, construction drawings and reproductions in colour and black and white (some plates are 'tipped in'). With short biographical information on architects, i.a.: Adolf Abel, Bauhaus, Peter Behrens, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Jan Buys (De Volharding, The Hague), Theo van Doesburg, Willem Marinus Dudok, Gustave Eiffel, Josef Frank, Walter Gropius, Wassilij Kandinsky, Michel de Klerk, Le Corbusier, El Lissitzky, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Erich Mendelsohn, Jan Wils and Frank Lloyd Wright. With bibliography and index. Hardback second edition.
¶ ADDED: Laid in is a handwritten note on stationery from J. Dirkzwager, Notary in Purmerend: "Als dank voor je adviezen (...) bied ik je hierbij een boek over bouwkunst aan, hetwelk ik enige tijd geleden op de kop heb kunnen tikken (...)".