Die Wiener Superblocks
Schlandt, Joachim (text)
From ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 4 February 2000
From ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 4 February 2000
About this Item
Quarto. 36pp. Original photo-illustrated white wraps with red lettering on cover. Overview of 23 public housing apartment complexes built in Vienna during the 1920ies and 1930ies by architects Adolf Loos, Hubert Gessner, Karl Ehn and Rudof Perco among others. The introduction by Joachim Schlandt covers various aspects of public housing of the time, e.g. government intervention into the private housing market, selection criteria for occupants, criteria for the location on public housing, maintenance and rent control, and public housing as "gathering points for antisocial elements." Illustrated with b/w photographs of housing complexes, architectural plans and one aerial map. Text in German. Wrappers with light foxing, rubbed and sunning at spine. Block lightly age-toned. Wraps in overall good-, interior in good+ to very good condition. Seller Inventory # 37183
Bibliographic Details
Title: Die Wiener Superblocks
Publisher: NP, Vienna
Publication Date: 1969
Binding: Softcover
Condition: g+
Edition: First edition.
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