bauhaus book 01 

walter gropius

internationale

architektur

1925 

Internationale Architektur (german)

INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE is an illustrated volume on modern architecture. It aims to give a brief overview of the work of leading modern architects in the cultivated countries and to familiarize readers with today’s architectural design development.​

Source: Heidelberg University Library

Peter Behrens, Neubabelsberg, Berlin. AEG assembly hall, Brick. 1912 

PETER BEHRENS, Neubabelsberg near Berlin, AEG turbine factory, Berlin. Iron, glass, concrete. 1910​

Erich Mendelsohn, Berlin. Dyeing building of the hat factory Steinberg, Luckenwalde Berlin. Reinforced concrete binder, brick wall, Ruberoid roofs. 1921/23​​

Mies van der Rohe, Berlin. Model of a skyscraper in iron and glass. 1921​

Vesnin, Moscow. Draft for a House of Work in Moscow, 1923​

Bird's-eye view of the Mahattan Peninsula from New York.

Despite of a haphazard layout and an abundance of unobjective stylistic forms, a modern urban character can be seen in the striking large form of the skyscrapers. The vertical development is the result of a natural lack of space.​

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Car factory of the Fiat works in Turin (Italy) with car roadway on the roof. Reinforced concrete.

Factory of the Fiat-Werke, partial view of the road curve

ed. walter gropius

l. moholy-nagy

Jacket: Farkás Molnar

Originally published in German by Albert Langen Verlag München in 1925. First english edition by Lars Müller, 2019. tr: Helen Ferguson

PETER BEHRENS, Neubabelsberg near Berlin, AEG, small engine factory, Berlin. Brick-facing construction. 1912​

International Architecture Reprint by Lars Müller (en)

B. BIJVOET and J. DUIKER, Zandvoort Competition entry for the “Chicago Tribune”. 1922

KARL SCHNEIDER, Hamburg, Michaelsen house, Falkenstein, near Hamburg. Whitewashed brick. 1923

WALTER GROPIUS, Dessau, Anhalt, with ADOLF MEYER. Competition entry for the »Chicago Tribune« Iron, glass and terracotta. 1922​

G. RIETVELD, Utrecht (Holland), house in Utrecht. Concrete, iron, glass. 1924/25​

FRED FORBAT, Weimar, design for a house. 1924​

INTERNATIONALE ARCHITEKTUR

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