Khvesin (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Quarto, wrappers. Stroitel'stvo Moskvy (1924-1941) is a significant document of soviet architecture and design for the era. Issues through the mid-1930s employ bold typographic experiments and page design. It also became a forum for urban planning, mass housing and monumental construction, in theory and practice between leading architects, engineers and thinkers (e.g., Moisei Ginzburg, Anatoly Lunacharsky). Eventually Soviet orthodoxy and Neoclassicism prevailed and experimental graphics disappeared. Increasing politicization in articles and design entries with Postroikii domov, Red Army Theater in Moscow, elevation drawings and plans; Nikita Khruschchev, Let s have a Bolshevik build a house. A near fine copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Quarto, wrappers. Stroitel'stvo Moskvy (1924-1941) is a significant document of soviet architecture and design for the era. Issues through the mid-1930s employ bold typographic experiments and page design. It also became a forum for urban planning, mass housing and monumental construction, in theory and practice between leading architects, engineers and thinkers (e.g., Moisei Ginzburg, Anatoly Lunacharsky). Eventually Soviet orthodoxy and Neoclassicism prevailed and experimental graphics disappeared. T. Kvesin is the editor for this number. Palace of the Soviets, later submissions; projects by Shchuko, Iofan, articles by Lunacharsky, photomontage cover by Elkin. This copy very good + with spine wear.