CZECH FUNCTIONALISM 1918-1938
Gustav Peichl [foreword]
Gustav Peichl [foreword]: CZECH FUNCTIONALISM 1918-1938. London: Architectural Association, 1987. First edition. A near-fine minus soft cover book with printed stiff wrappers and minor shelf wear. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. 9 x 9 rare soft cover book with 175 pages with 409 b/w illustrations and 20 b/w text illustrations [photo-portraits for biographies section]. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name: AA Exhibition Gallery, London [Nov 12-Dec 12, 1987].
Architects and designers include Kamil Roskot, Pavel Janak, Oldrich Tyl, Josef Gocar, Arnost Wiesner, Bedrich Feuerstein, Jiri Kroha, Adolf Bens, Bohuslav Fuchs, Jaromir Krejcar, Evzen Linhart, Jaroslav Fragner, Josef Havlicek, Ladislav Zak, Vladimir Karfik, Bedrich Rozenhal, Hana Kucerova-Zaveska, Jan Gillar, Richard Podzemny, Lubomir Slapeta, Karel Teige, Ladislav Sutnar, Zdenek Rossmann, Josef Kaplicky and Jiri Kroha.
Contents
- On Czechoslovakian Architecture by Gustav Peichl
- Czech Functionalism by Vladimir Slapeta
- World Architecture 1900-38
- History of Czechoslovakia 1918-38
- Selected Works
- Biographies
- Contemporary Documents: includes Without a Gilded Coach signed by the editorial board of the journal Stavitel; Our Opinion Concerning the New Architecture from Stravba, vol. 3, 1924/4, pp. 157-158; On Architecture and Space by Vit Obrtel, Kvart, vol. 1, 1930, pp. 23-26; Mundaneum by Karel Teige, Stravba, vol. 7, 1928-1929, pp. 145-155; On the Theory of Constructivism by Karel Teige, Stavba, vol. 7, 1928-1929
- Book and Magazine Covers
- Bibliography
From the book: "The culture of the new-founded state of Czechoslovakia after the First World War was orientated and inspired by the avant-garde movement in the major cities of Europe, especially Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam. The short-lived national movement in architecture termed rondo-cubism was later replaced by the new spirit of White Functionalism, which dominated Czechoslovakian architecture until the beginning of the Second World War and which has subsequently come to be seen as one of the most interesting, though often overlooked, contributions to the International Style."
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