Focus 1-4 Architectural Periodical

Focus. Nos. 1-4 (all published).

London, Lund Humphries Summer 1938 – Summer 1939.

Each issue with 60 to 112 pages of text illustrated with numerous photos and drawings, as well as several pages of adverts.

22,5 x 16 cm. Original printed wrappers with original plastic spiral binding to spine.

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A complete set of this quarterly, its publication cut short by the outbreak of World War II. It was produced by students of the Architectural Association and its aim was to debate and solve contemporary architectural problems. Acceptance of the International Modern Movement had been notably slower in Great Britain than on mainland Europe, and among the existing British architectural periodicals it had only been the Architectural Review that had consistently taken a progressive line. Focus, although a student-managed periodical, was therefore welcomed by established avant-garde architect in Britain such as those associated with MARS group, and it attracted contributions from Le Corbusier, Moholy-Nagy, S. Giedion, J.L. Martin, and so on. (Pagan, catalogue 46, 127).

Despite the delicate spiral binding, an exceptionally well-preserved copy, kept in a handmade linen case.