Japanese Book Exclusively to the Work of Erich Mendelsohn

Kenchiku Ishō Kenkyū Zushū (建築意匠研究圖集) (Architectural Design Research and Study).

Volume 3 of this series, which is devoted exclusively to the work of Erich Mendelsohn (designated as “No. 1” within this subcategory).

Osaka, Taisho 14 (September 1925).

One page of introductory text, 26 plates, 5 of which are double-page sized, with photographs and drawings.

20 x 13,5 cm. Original small hardboard folder with a mounted drawing.

EUR 450

In the 1920s, Japanese architects showed enormous interest in European modernism. Mendelsohn’s style, which used reinforced concrete to create fluid, sculptural forms, was considered groundbreaking. Such “collections of study drawings” served as important reference materials in Japanese architectural firms at the time.

The one-page introductory text in Japanese quotes Howard Morley Robertson (1888–1963), an American-born British architect and President of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

I can’t find this title in OCLC.

A nice copy; only the binding is torn.