Expressionist Architecture
Pehnt, Wolfgang. Thames and Hudson, 1973. Softbound. First published in Stuttgart in 1973 as Die Architektur des Expressionismus by Verlag Gerd Hatje. Translated by J. A. Underwood and Edith Küstner. 'The German Expressionist architects,' asserts this lavishly illustrated survey's back cover copy, 'have long been missing persons in the histories of the modern movement. With their Utopian theories and their passion for singular, expressive forms, they have seemed awkward intruders into the rigid, puritan world of modern design.' An indispensable guide to unrealized, visionary projects (see Hans Scharoun's incredible frontispiece sketch), as well as completed buildings, including Bruno Taut's Glass Pavilion, Erich Mendelsohn's Einstein Tower, and Rudolf Steiner's Goetheanum.
Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some moderate edge-wear and foxing to the edges, but no other notable wear. 231 pp. Architecture.
