[1ST AM ED] In Praise of Architecture

Gio Ponti

Published by F. W. Dodge Corporation, New York, 1960

About this Item

Meditations and observations on architecture and life by a transcendent figure in 20th century architecture and design. Section titles include The Politics of Architecture; Personal Mature Thoughts; Fantasy of Precisions; The Architect, the Artist; The Staircase; The Window; The Room,; Raw materials; House and Garden; Taste and Tastelessness; Women and Architecture; Industrial Design; and Listening to the Building. First American edition, published by F. W. Dodge Corporation in 1960. 8vo, hardcover, 270 pages with b/w illustrations. No dust jacket. Translated by Giuseppina and Mario Salvadori with a preface by Mario Salvadori. Ponti supplied new photographs and drawings to illustrate this first English-languge edition. Slight lean to spine. Minor fraying to cloth. Scarce.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1664999299038

Bibliographic Details

• Title: [1ST AM ED] In Praise of Architecture
• Publisher: F. W. Dodge Corporation, New York
• Publication Date: 1960
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Design
  • Architecture