Buy this book on-line HOWIE, Duncan (Arranged by); LE CORBUSIER (Introduction by); JONAS, Kurt : Townplanning. Prioceedings of a Congress Devoted to Townplanning Held at Escom House By the Architectural Students Society University of the Witwatersrand JohannesburgThe South African Architectural Record, Johannesburg, 1938
Limited to 200 copies. Near fine in the original yapp edged cream thin card printed wrappers, foot spine chipped, the oversize edges worn, the contents clean and tight. A scarce item. The Congress is discussed in Gilbert HERBERT: Rex Martienssen and the International Style (Balkema 1975), pp. 236-237, in which the relationship to and dependence on Le Corbusier is emphasized. He concludes"If the Modern Movement in South Afrixcan architecture stemmed almost entirely from the International Style, so too was town planning dependent upon the CIAM line of thought" Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of HOWIE, Duncan (Arranged by); LE CORBUSIER (Introduction by); JONAS, Kurt : Townplanning. Prioceedings of a Congress Devoted to Townplanning Held at Escom House By the Architectural Students Society University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including used books, libri antichi, livres anciens, incunabula and fine bindings. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |