Modern Soviet Architecture

Imai, Kenji, Horiguchi, Sutemi, Fujishima, Gaijirô & Kishida, Hideto (edts.).

Gendai kenchiku taikan [General Survey of Modern Architecture]: [Vol. 16: Soviet Union].

Tokyo, Shobo 1931.

[4]pp (text), 15 (!) loose plates as issued.

41 x 29,5 cm. Original heavy cardboard portfolio, with printed label pasted to front cover.

sold

This volume features Russian and Soviet avant-garde architecture of the late 1920s in superb, large-format illustrations.

The 16th of the series, published in 17 individual volumes between 1929 and 1931. The series includes: 1 = England; 2 = America 1; 3 = America 2; 4 = Germany & Austria 1; 5 = Germany & Austria 2; 6 = Germany & Austria 3; 7 = France 1; 8 = France 2; 9 = France 3; 10 = Holland; 11 = Holland and Belgium (2); 12 = Scandinavia 1; 13 = Scandinavia 2; 14 = Switzerland & Czechoslovakia;: 15 = Italy & Spain; 16 = Russia; 17 = Russia & Poland.

The edges of the portfolio are slightly worn in places.