Paginated pp1-70 + 66pp period ads. Articles by Misha Black, Barbara Jones and Charles Hasler. Editors J M Richards, Nickolaus Pevsner, Ian McCallum and H de C Hastings. Guest editor for this issue was Misha Black. Typography and Cover by Ronald Sandiford. Key articles on Crown Furnishers and Coronation Celebrations amongst others. Large 4to. Good copy. Very small nick at head of spine.
295pp, numerous b/w illustrations. Wrappers decorated with Union Jack Flag. Minor wear at head and base of spine. Very good copy. Cardboard slip case present but frayed at edges. A series of articles both in Italian (with English translation) and English on British architecture and architects. With contributions by Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Michael Gold, Franceso Tentori, James Stirling, Joseph Rykwert, Lina Marsoni, Maria Biasia, John Taylor, Bianca Raboni, Giorgio Gaetani and Alberto Ferrari. Very useful period assessment of the 1960s.
PLAN in this format was a replacement for a much less interesting periodical issued in octavo format under the same title as a quarterly between 1943 and 1947.
London The Architectural Association, printed by Lund Humphries. 1948-1950
Short run of this sporadic and fascinating periodical comprising. 1,2, 3,4,5,6.7 and 8. Each issue, decorated wrappers and spiral bound. No two issues produced by the same group of people. No 1 includes material on Function and Arabesque, the CIAM Congress of 1947, Pimlico Housing Scheme [Powell and Moya] and other commentary on post war reconstruction and the possible contribution of students. Cover design by Ian Baker. No 2 includes contribution by Walter Gropius. No 3 has lead article by Felix Samuely. No 4 includes material on St Pancras Way housing scheme amongst other features. No 5 includes contributions by Ian Colquhoun, James Dartford, Ronald H. Sims and Gordon Mitchell.…
London The Architectural Association, printed by Lund Humphries. 1948-1950
Short run of this sporadic and fascinating periodical comprising. 1,2, 3,4,5,6.7 and 8. Each issue, decorated wrappers and spiral bound. No two issues produced by the same group of people. No 1 includes material on Function and Arabesque, the CIAM Congress of 1947, Pimlico Housing Scheme [Powell and Moya] and other commentary on post war reconstruction and the possible contribution of students. Cover design by Ian Baker. No 2 includes contribution by Walter Gropius. No 3 has lead article by Felix Samuely. No 4 includes material on St Pancras Way housing scheme amongst other features. No 5 includes contributions by Ian Colquhoun, James Dartford, Ronald H. Sims and Gordon Mitchell. Includes major article on the London bus types and developments, national planning and schools. Contributors included Jeffrey Jellicoe amongst others. No 6 was produced by a group of 13 students including Andrew Derbyshire, John Killick and Hugh Morris amongst others, and is themed around Architecture, Building an Education. No 7 is a study of the position of Architecture in our time "in the broadest possible terms." 14 students in the group producing this edition. No 8 includes a leading article by Bruce Martin on "How to Build" photographically illustrated, with additional articles on Stevenage and the history of flight. The last two issues listed here were published as additions to this series in 1951, with a Birmingham Editorial group from the School of Architecture, Birmingham and which, according to Hugh Pagan "have a more radical edge." No 9, 1951 includes piece by Charles Madge of Mass Observation. No 10 1951, green wrappers. The new editorial group, acknowledged the work of the previous editors and pledged to continue the publication. However after no 10 it changed format and arguably content.
London The Architectural Press September and October 1905
Issue 106:xliv +101-144pp illustrated Issue 107 xxx +vxv period ads and some texts, [2] 147-192 xxvii-xliv. Both include detailed articles and photos on: Cheap Cottages Exhibition. Other articles in no 106 inlcude pieces on on leadwork, Irish ecclesiastical architecture and the Hague Peace Palace. Issue 107 includes articles on architectural education [pp154-169]; the London traffic commission report; Iona Cathedral; church of St Mary-the-Virgin, Summerstown; St John's Institute; Irish ecclesiastical architecture; book reviews: Stiff printed paper covers, paginated with monochrome illustration, black and red text and titles. 360x285mm. Spines worn head and tail, small loss to the tail of the 1907 binding and the cover has some light marks and is slightly…
London The Architectural Press September and October 1905
Issue 106:xliv +101-144pp illustrated Issue 107 xxx +vxv period ads and some texts, [2] 147-192 xxvii-xliv. Both include detailed articles and photos on: Cheap Cottages Exhibition. Other articles in no 106 inlcude pieces on on leadwork, Irish ecclesiastical architecture and the Hague Peace Palace. Issue 107 includes articles on architectural education [pp154-169]; the London traffic commission report; Iona Cathedral; church of St Mary-the-Virgin, Summerstown; St John's Institute; Irish ecclesiastical architecture; book reviews: Stiff printed paper covers, paginated with monochrome illustration, black and red text and titles. 360x285mm. Spines worn head and tail, small loss to the tail of the 1907 binding and the cover has some light marks and is slightly foxed. Useful review of the exhibition at Letchworth which is the lead article in the magazine. Both issues have substantial sections on section on the Cheap Cottages Exhibition. Within the preliminary pages of issue 107 includes pp x-xvi amongst the advertisements, the Report of the Judges. These issues of the journal were made contemporaneously with the exhibition so are period reviews of the buildings.
208pp, Illustrated occasional journal. The fourth one. Soft cover; Illustrated. Blue wrappers with wrap around bund with title. A little chipped. Text in English, Italian, French & German; Striking advertisements for contemporary design firms, magazines and products. Very good protected by rather worn and torn cardboard slipcase. Main theme is Men and the ideas of Modern Ornament and Brutalism with contributions on the latter from Maxwell Fry, Alison and Peter Smithson amongst others.