WORLD’S CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE 2 [U. S. A. 1]
Yuichi Ino and Shinji Koike [Editors]
Yuichi Ino and Shinji Koike [Editors]: WORLD’S CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE 2 [U. S. A. 1]. Tokyo: Shokokusha Publishing Co., 1953. First edition. Text in Japanese with English headers and captions. Embossed paper covered boards titled in black and paper label to spine. Photo illustrated dust jacket. 94 pp. Fully illustrated in black and white. Endpapers lightly offsetted from jacket flaps. Jacket lightly rubbed. Jacket design by Hiromu Hara. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. A nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket. Uncommon.
8.5 x 11.75 hardcover book with 94 pages profusely illustrated with black and white photographs and floor plans for each featured project, including defense housing, schools, laboratories, museums, hospitals, churches, public buildings, airports, parking garages, hotels, cinema theaters, department stores, office buildings, warehouses, office-studios, factories and TVA hydro electric plants.
- Preface
- HEIGHTS HOUSING. Channel Heights / Los Angeles, 1943: Richard J. Neutra
- SCHOOLS. Crow Island School / Winnetka, Il.: Eliel Saarinen, Eero Saarinen
- E. Rivers Elementary School / Atlanta, GA 1949: Stevens, Wilkinson
- Science and Pharmacy Building, Drake University / Des Moines IA 1949 : Saarinen, Swanson and Saarinen
- LABORATORY. Federal Telecommunication Laboratry, Inc. / Nutley, NJ 1950: Giffelt and Vallet
- MUSEUM. The Museum Modern Art / New York 1939: Goodwin and Stone
- HOSPITALS. Maimonides Health Center / San Francisco: Eric Mendelsohn
- Philadelphia General Hospital Neurological Building / Philadelphia, PA 1951: Livingston and Larson
- CHURCHES. Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church / Minneapolis, MN 1949: Saarinen, Saarinen and Associates
- Zion Lutheran Church / Portland, OR 1949 Pietro Belluschi
- PUBLIC BUILDINGS. United Nations Headquarters / New York, U.S. 1950: Headquarters Planning Office
- State Game Department Building / Seattle, WA 1949: James C. Gardiner
- AIRPORT. St. Joseph Country AirPort / South Bend, IN, 1949: Roy A. Worden
- GARAGE. Parking Garage / Miami, FL 1949: Robert L. Weed
- HOTELS. Virgin Isle Hotel / Virgin Islands, W. I., 1951: Harold Sterner
- Apartment Hotel in Palm Springs / Palm Springs, CA: William F. Cody
- CINEMA THEATER. Baldwin Theater / Los Angeles, 1950: Lewis E. Wilson
- DEPARTMENT STORE. Milliron’s / Los Angele: Victor Gruen
- STORE. Hallawell Seed Co. Store / San Francisco, 1947: Raphael Soriano
- OFFICE BUILDINGS. Philadelphia Saving Fund Society / Philadelphia, PA 1932: George Howe and William Lescaze
- American Stove Co. Administration Building / St.Louis, MO 1948: Harris Armstrong
- Northwestern Mutual Fire Association Building / Los Angeles: Richard J. Neutra
- Magazine Distribution Warehouse / Oklahoma City: R. Duane Conner, Fred Pojezny
- Own Studio-Office / Kirkwood, MS 1949: Harris Armstrong
- Studio-Office for Haines Interior Decorator / Beverly Hills, CA 1949: William F. Cody
- FACTORIES. Chrysler Corporation Dodge Division / Detroit, MI 1938: Albert Kahn
- Ford Motor Company Lincoln-Mercury Division / St.Louis, MO 1948: Albert Kahn
- HYDRO ELECTRIC PLANTS. TVA Hiwasee Dam / Tennessee Valley Authority
- TVA Fontana Dam / Tennessee Valley Authority
Photographs by Julius Shulman, Hedrich-Blessing, Robert Damora, and others.
This volume offers an international perspective on modern American architecture and features some of the more buget-conscious, lesser-known structures of the period, thus supplying a more unique perspective than similar volumes that tend to showcase the iconic residences. In terms of decor, there is none of that Chippendale jive here-- every residential interior is decked out in full midcentury glory. Recommended.