The Amsterdam School: Dutch Expressionist Architecture, 1915-1930

Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1983. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1983, first printing. Oblong 8vo., 171pp., illustrated. "In the period immediately following World War I, two very different groups dominated the architectural scene in the Netherlands. One of these, De Stijl, was rationally oriented and contributed directly to the development of functionalism. The other, the Amsterdam School, was more overtly emotional and intuitive in its approach. It had less influence, but it produced some of the most original and daring designs of any of the European avant-garde movements in the halcyon days of modernism. Not only is this book the first in English to consider the formal and stylistic aspects of the Amsterdam School's work, it is also the first to relate the drawings and projects to the deeply-rooted social vision of the group, which sought to transform the world through architecture. Essays by distinguished architectural historians Maristella Caciato, Karin Gaillard, Helen Searing, Petra Timmer, and Wim de Wit examine the social, political, and economic circumstances to which members of the school responded." A few small specks of foxing on front edge of page block, else fine in fine dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 8vo.