[1ST AM ED] In Praise of Architecture

Gio Ponti

Verlag: F. W. Dodge Corporation, New York, 1960

Beschreibung

Meditations and observations on architecture and life by a transcendent figure in 20th century architecture and design. Section titles include The Politics of Architecture; Personal Mature Thoughts; Fantasy of Precisions; The Architect, the Artist; The Staircase; The Window; The Room,; Raw materials; House and Garden; Taste and Tastelessness; Women and Architecture; Industrial Design; and Listening to the Building. First American edition, published by F. W. Dodge Corporation in 1960. 8vo, hardcover, 270 pages with b/w illustrations. No dust jacket. Translated by Giuseppina and Mario Salvadori with a preface by Mario Salvadori. Ponti supplied new photographs and drawings to illustrate this first English-languge edition. Slight lean to spine. Minor fraying to cloth. Scarce. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1664999299038

Bibliografische Details

Titel: [1ST AM ED] In Praise of Architecture

Verlag: F. W. Dodge Corporation, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1960

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 1st Edition