L'ARCHITECTURE D'AUJOURD'HUI: Mai-Juin 1946
Special issue devoted to Richard J. Neutra
Andre Bloc [Directeur]
[Neutra, Richard] Andre Bloc [Directeur]: L'ARCHITECTURE D'AUJOURD'HUI [Revue Mensuelle]. Paris: Art d'Aujourd'hui, No. 6 Mai-Juin 1946. Original edition. Text in French with parallel English captions throughout. Photographically printed letterpress scored thick wrappers. Side stapled text block. 90 pp. Text and advertisements. Spine chipped at heel and crown. Wrappers mildly edgeworn. Trace of spotting early and later. A very good or better copy.9.5 x 12.25 magazine with 90 pages of text, photographs and period advertisements early and late. Special issue devoted to Richard J. Neutra prepared by Alexandre Persitz. Principal photography by Julius Shulman. Contents:
- Message a la France: Richard J. Neutra. One-page introduction with portrait and facsimile signature.
- Visite a Neutra: Marcel Lods.
- Rationalisation et Architecture: Richard J. Neutra. 2 pages with 32 images.
- Un Architecte D'aujourd'hui: Alexandre Persitz. 6 pages with 18 photographs and diagrams.
- Methodes de Travail. 4 pages with 9 photographs and diagrams.
- Details Techniques. 7 building details.
- L'Ecole Centre Vital de la Commune. 4 pages with 12 photographs and diagrams.
- Realisations 1935-1945. Housing projects: Avion Village, Amity Village; Residences for J. Von Sternberg, Dr. Sciobretty, Dr. Alvin Eurich, Philip Gill, J. N. Brown, Mainard Lyndon, Sidney Kahn, H. G. Mckintosh, William Dawey, Charles Maxwell, M. Van Cleef, Dr. Grant Beckstrandt, John Nesbitt; Apartments: Kelton Apartments, National Youth Administration, Channel Heights. 41 pages and 134 photographs and diagrams.
- Projets pour Porto Rico. 6 pages and 28 photographs and diagrams.
- La Prefabrication dans le Monde. R. Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion House; Donald Gibson's Coventry House; and W. H. Hamlin's metal house
- Low-Cost Furniture
- Surrealism in Architecture
- New Paintings by Le Corbusier
Born and raised in Vienna, Richard Neutra (1872-1970) came to America early in his career, settling in California. His influence on post-war architecture is undisputed, the sunny climate and rich landscape being particularly suited to his cool, sleek modern style. Neutra had a keen appreciation for the relationship between people and nature; his trademark plate glass walls and ceilings which turn into deep overhangs have the effect of connecting the indoors with the outdoors. Neutra's ability to incorporate technology, aesthetics, science, and nature into his designs him recognition as one of Modernist architecture's greatest talents.
Andre Bloc founded "Art d'Aujourd'hui" in 1949. He began his career as an engineer and turned to architecture (after a fateful meeting with Le Corbusier in 1921) and finally, to sculpture. In 1951, he formed "Espace," a group intent on bringing constructivism and neo-plasticism to urbanism and the social arena. This group included such artists and urbanists as Jean Dewasne, Etienne Bóthy, Jean Gorin, Félix Del Marle, Edgard Pillet, Victor Vasarely and Nicolas Schöffer.
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