WORLD’S CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE 6 [U. S. A. 3]
Yuichi Ino and Shinji Koike [Editors]
Yuichi Ino and Shinji Koike [Editors]: WORLD’S CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE 6 [U. S. A. 3]. 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. 84 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 hardocver book with 84 pages profusely illustrated with black and white photographs and floor plans for each featured project, including apartments, dormitories, schools technical centers, libraries, hospitals, churches, public buildings, hotels, theaters, stadiums, shops, show rooms, offices and industrial buildings.
- Preface
- Technical Progress in American Architecture
- The Toy by Charles Eames
- APARTMENTS. L. Colby Apartment / Los Angeles 1951: Raphael S. Soriano
- Garden Apartments / Oak Ridge, TN 1951: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
- DORMITORY. Cooperative Dormitory, Vassar College / Poughkeepsie, NY 1950: Marcel Breuer
- SCHOOLS. Carmel Woods School / Carmel, CA 1951: Ernest J. Kump
- Administration Building, University of Hawai / Honolulu 1950: Vladimir Ossipoff
- TECHNICAL CENTERS. General Motors Technical Center / Warren, MI 1951: Saarinen, Saarinen and Associates
- Corning Glass Center / Corning, NY 1951: Harrison, Abramovitz and Abbe
- LIBRARIES. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Museum and Library / Bloomfied Hills, MI 1943: Eliel Saarinen
- Uncle Remus Branch, Atlanta Public Library / Atlanta, GA 1950: Stevens and Wilkinson
- HOSPITALS. Ohio State university Medical Center / Columbus, OH 1951: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
- Georgia Baptist Hospital / Atlanta, GA 1951: Stevens and Wilkinson
- Clearwater County Memorial Hospital / Bagley, MN 1951: Long and Thorshov
- CHURCHES. St. Paul's Lutheran Church / Clay Center, KS 1952: Ramey and Himes
- Presbyterian Church / Cottage Grove, OR 1952: Pietro Belluschi
- PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Fresno City Hall / Fresno, CA 1941: Ernest J. Kump
- Department of Public Walfare / City of Denver, CO 1950: Victor Hornhein
- HOTELS. Palm Springs Biltmore Hotel / Palm Springs, CA: Fredric Monthoff
- Holiday House / Escondido Beach, CA: Richard Neutra
- Caribe Hilton Hotel / San Juan, PR 1950: Toro, Ferrer and Torregrosa
- THEATER. Speech Theater of Oregon University / Eugene, OR 1951: Annand and Boone
- STADIUM. Football Stadium of Henry Grady High School / Atlanta, GA 1948: Aeck Associates
- SHOP. Ciro of Bond Street / San Francisco, CA 1946: Raphel S. Soriano
- SHOW ROOMS. Herman Miller Show Room / Los Angeles 1950: Chales Eames
- N.Y. Show Room of Knoll Associates 1951: Knoll Associates
- OFFICES. Lever House / New York 1952: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
- Hawaiian Life Insurance Building / Honolulu, HI 1952: Vladmir Ossipoff
- Standard Oil Company / Hammond, IN 1950: Holabird, Root and Burgee
- INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. Steam Power Plant / Elk River, MN 1952: Thorshov and Cerny
- Bottling Plant / Baltimore, MD 1951: Reisner and Urbahn
- Ordnance and Optical Shop U.S. Navy Hunters Point Navy Yard / San Francisco, CA 1947: Ernest J. Kump
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.