Author: Machedon, Luminita and E.R. Scoffham
Title: Romanian Modernism: The Architecture of Bucharest, 1920-1940
Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts, M.I.T. Press, 1999. Hardcover. square black boards w/ red spine printing. book xix, 407 pgs w/ bw illustrations. dark, illustrated dustjacket w/ multi-color printing. A bright copy. "This is the first book in English to reveal the extent to which modern architecture flourished in Romania - and is still visible as a neglected and almost forgotten past amid the contradictions of present-day Bucharest. Luminita Machedon and Ernie Scoffham focus on Bucharest between the two world wars. They show how the Dadaist Marcel Janco and others influenced the adoption of progressive policies, including the city's Master Plan of 1934, which became one of the most forward-looking plans in Europe and served the city's administration until well after the Second World War."--WorldCat. VG (scuffs & scratches to light. rubbing to corners; upper corner bumped. spine top bumped w/ rubbing to edges. upper textblock light smudge, speckled foxing. dustjacket scuffs, scratches; rubbing to corners & spine edges) .
Keywords: European Architecture, Romanian Architecture, Romanian Modernist Architecture ; Romanian Architecture ; ; Designs and Styles - European Architecture
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Title: Romanian Modernism: The Architecture of Bucharest, 1920-1940
Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts, M.I.T. Press, 1999. Hardcover. square black boards w/ red spine printing. book xix, 407 pgs w/ bw illustrations. dark, illustrated dustjacket w/ multi-color printing. A bright copy. "This is the first book in English to reveal the extent to which modern architecture flourished in Romania - and is still visible as a neglected and almost forgotten past amid the contradictions of present-day Bucharest. Luminita Machedon and Ernie Scoffham focus on Bucharest between the two world wars. They show how the Dadaist Marcel Janco and others influenced the adoption of progressive policies, including the city's Master Plan of 1934, which became one of the most forward-looking plans in Europe and served the city's administration until well after the Second World War."--WorldCat. VG (scuffs & scratches to light. rubbing to corners; upper corner bumped. spine top bumped w/ rubbing to edges. upper textblock light smudge, speckled foxing. dustjacket scuffs, scratches; rubbing to corners & spine edges) .
Keywords: European Architecture, Romanian Architecture, Romanian Modernist Architecture ; Romanian Architecture ; ; Designs and Styles - European Architecture
Price: US$ 250.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 190578
- Book number: 190578
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