Not only is this book the first in English to consider the formal and stylistic aspects of the Amsterdam School's work, it is also the first to relate the drawings and projects to the deeply-rooted social vision of the group, which sought to transform the world through architecture.
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Not only is this book the first in English to consider the formal and stylistic aspects of the Amsterdam School's work, it is also the first to relate the drawings and projects to the deeply-rooted social vision of the group, which sought to transform the world through architecture.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. -Spine slightly bumped w/ tail chipped-Edges of text block toned w/ top edge foxed-page margins lightly toned--Glossy paper wrapper a little toned w/ spine ends and corners lightly bumped and spine tanned-Book ow/ solid, clean and tight-171 pages. Large 8vo. In Very Good Dustwrapper.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN: 0910503214.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1983, first printing. Oblong 8vo., 171pp., illustrated. "In the period immediately following World War I, two very different groups dominated the architectural scene in the Netherlands. One of these, De Stijl, was rationally oriented and contributed directly to the development of functionalism. The other, the Amsterdam School, was more overtly emotional and intuitive in its approach. It had less influence, but it produced some of the most original and daring designs of any of the European avant-garde movements in the halcyon days of modernism. Not only is this book the first in English to consider the formal and stylistic aspects of the Amsterdam School's work, it is also the first to relate the drawings and projects to the deeply-rooted social vision of the group, which sought to transform the world through architecture. Essays by distinguished architectural historians Maristella Caciato, Karin Gaillard, Helen Searing, Petra Timmer, and Wim de Wit examine the social, political, and economic circumstances to which members of the school responded." A fe small specks of foxing on front edge of page block, else fine in fine dust jacket.
