Chernikhov, Iakov Georglevich. [Tschernichow, Jakow]

Konstruktsiya arkhitekturnykh i mashinnykhi form

Konstruktion der Architektur und Maschinenformen.

Construction des formes d'architecture et de machines.

Leningrad, Verlag der Leningrader Architekten-Gesellschaft, 1931

234 pp. and 40 plates, 365 illustrations besides the plates.

30x 21 cm. Original publisher´s green boards.

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Fist edition of a masterwork in Soviet architectural studies and theoretically most powerful book. Iakov Georgievich Chernikhov [Яков Георгиевич Чернихов] (1889 - 1951) was a constructivist architect and graphic designer.

His fascination for industrial architecture led him to write a series of books. This books on architectural design published in Leningrad between 1927 and 1933 are amongst the most innovatory texts and illustrations of their time.

The Art of Graphic Representation (1927)

Fundamentals of Contemporary Architecture (1930)

The Construction of Architectural and Machine Forms (1931)

Architectural Fantasies (1933)

For his highly innovative and influential futuristic architectural drawings, Chernikov was dubbed the Soviet Piranesi.

Titles in Russian, French and German; text in Russian.

Very fine copy.