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Building a New Europe: Portraits of Modern Architects, Essays by George Nelson, 1935-1936
George Nelson
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Description for Building a New Europe: Portraits of Modern Architects, Essays by George Nelson, 1935-1936
Hardback. Fascinating profiles of the leading architects of the 1930s during a crucial period in the evolution of modernism Series: Yale School of Architecture. Num Pages: 192 pages, 124 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 812.
Fascinating profiles of the leading architects of the 1930s during a crucial period in the evolution of modernism
Architect, designer, and architectural critic, George Nelson (1908–1986) was a young and impressionable architect when he wrote a series of articles in 1935 and 1936 that eloquently introduced astonishing buildings and fascinating personalities from across the Atlantic to wider American audiences. Building a New Europe presents this important collection of writings together for the first time. The subjects of Nelson’s essays include figures both major (Mies van Der Rohe and Le Corbusier) and minor (Helweg-Moeller and Ivar Tengbom). All of ... Read more
Fascinating profiles of the leading architects of the 1930s during a crucial period in the evolution of modernism
Architect, designer, and architectural critic, George Nelson (1908–1986) was a young and impressionable architect when he wrote a series of articles in 1935 and 1936 that eloquently introduced astonishing buildings and fascinating personalities from across the Atlantic to wider American audiences. Building a New Europe presents this important collection of writings together for the first time. The subjects of Nelson’s essays include figures both major (Mies van Der Rohe and Le Corbusier) and minor (Helweg-Moeller and Ivar Tengbom). All of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Yale School of Architecture
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300115659
SKU
V9780300115659
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About George Nelson
George Nelson served as the design director of Herman Miller from 1946 to 1972. His books include Chairs: 20th Century Landmarks in Design and Tomorrow’s House. Kurt W. Forster is the Vincent Scully Professor of Architectural History at the Yale School of Architecture. He is co-author of Frank O. Gehry: The Complete Works. Robert A. M. Stern is Dean and ... Read more
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