Ideenarchitektur 1918-1924 / Entwürfe Für Eine Bewohnbare Welt
Hermann Finsterlin
Published by Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, 1976, unpaginated (colour & b/w ill.), 17 × 23 cm, German
Price: €18 (Out of stock)

Hermann Finsterlin (18 August 1887–16 September 1973) was a German visionary architect, painter, poet, essayist, toymaker and composer. He played an influential role in the German expressionist architecture movement of the early 20th century but due to the harsh economic climate realised none of his projects.

*Please note this publication is secondhand and has some traces of previous ownership.

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Retrospective: Nature and Fantasy 1880–1938
Bruno Taut
Published by Sezon Museum of Art, Nagano, 1994, 341 pages (colour & b/w ill.), 19 × 26.5 cm, Japanese / German
Price: €35 (Out of stock)

Produced on the occasion of Bruno Taut Retrospective: Nature and Fantasy 1880–1938 at the Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, 9 June–1 August, 1994, and at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 30 August–2 October, 1994.

Bruno Taut was a renowned German architect, urban planner and author of Prussian Lithuanian heritage. He was active during the Weimar period and is known for his theoretical work, speculative writings and a handful of exhibition buildings. Taut’s best-known single building is the prismatic dome of the Glass Pavilion at the Cologne Werkbund Exhibition (1914).

Also including the work of Paul Goesch, Herman Finsterlin and Wenzel Hablik.

*Please note this publication is secondhand and has some traces of previous ownership.

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