Czech Functionalism 1918-1938
Catalog of a 1987 exhibition published by the Architectural Association, London. Square 8vo, 9" x 9". 175 pages with wrap-around pictorial wrappers, profusely illustrated in black-and-white. Traces Czech modernism in architecture from its roots at the turn of the 20th century to the Cubist and Purist influenced Functionalism in the residential, commercial, industrial, and expository works of Jiri Kroha, Ludic Kysela, Adolf Bens, Josef Kranz, Jaroslav Fragner, Ladislav Zak, Lubomir Slapeta et al. With introductory essays by Gustav Peichl and Vladimir Slapeta and biographies at the end. Gentle bumping and light soiling to extremities but a nice, fresh copy of this important niche document.
Catalog of a 1987 exhibition published by the Architectural Association, London. Square 8vo, 9" x 9". 175 pages with wrap-around pictorial wrappers, profusely illustrated in black-and-white. Traces Czech modernism in architecture from its roots at the turn of the 20th century to the Cubist and Purist influenced Functionalism in the residential, commercial, industrial, and expository works of Jiri Kroha, Ludic Kysela, Adolf Bens, Josef Kranz, Jaroslav Fragner, Ladislav Zak, Lubomir Slapeta et al. With introductory essays by Gustav Peichl and Vladimir Slapeta and biographies at the end. Gentle bumping and light soiling to extremities but a nice, fresh copy of this important niche document.
Catalog of a 1987 exhibition published by the Architectural Association, London. Square 8vo, 9" x 9". 175 pages with wrap-around pictorial wrappers, profusely illustrated in black-and-white. Traces Czech modernism in architecture from its roots at the turn of the 20th century to the Cubist and Purist influenced Functionalism in the residential, commercial, industrial, and expository works of Jiri Kroha, Ludic Kysela, Adolf Bens, Josef Kranz, Jaroslav Fragner, Ladislav Zak, Lubomir Slapeta et al. With introductory essays by Gustav Peichl and Vladimir Slapeta and biographies at the end. Gentle bumping and light soiling to extremities but a nice, fresh copy of this important niche document.
