Building a New Europe: Portraits of Modern Architects, Essays by George Nelson, 1935-1936 (Yale University School of Architecture) by George Nelson - 2007

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New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. First edition, 2007. Hardback. 174pp. Dust jacket. George Nelson (1908 - 1986) was a Fellow of the American Academy of Rome when he wrote a series of articles for the American journal "Pencil Points". These articles examined the state of European architecture during a period of fundamental change in building design. These verbal portraits by Nelson eloquently introduced astonishing buildings and fascinating personalities to a wider audience. This volume brought together this important collection of writings for the first time. The subjects include figures who would prove to be both major (Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Gio Ponti and Walter Gropius) and minor (Bent Helweg-Moeller, the Luckhardt Brothers and Ivar Tengbom). All of these architects would soon be affected by World War II in some way - they would emigrate, be put out of work or seek new careers. These essays spark fascinating questions about the canon of modern architecture: how would… Read More

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Hardback. New. Fascinating profiles of the leading architects of the 1930s during a crucial period in the evolution of modernism

Yale Univ Pr, 2007. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 174 pages. 10.50x8.25x0.75 inches.