Description

Large format paperback, perfect bound in stiff pictorial card covers. 159 pages. Endmatter includes Architect Biographies and Bibliography. Edited, with an introduction, by Vieri Quillici. Profusely illustrated with photographs and drawings, chiefly in black and white, though several are in color. Translated from the Russian, this is the first American edition published by Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. A comprehensive historical survey documenting the evolution of Soviet architecture through key successive eras: Constructivism (1920s); Socialist Realism / Stalinist Empire Style (1930s-1950s), Soviet Modernism and Mass Housing (1955-1991). No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. A clean, square and unmarked copy. Near fine.