Haus und Garten: Erster Supplementband zu den sechs Büchern vom Bauen
Berlin: Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, 1914. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 583, [1]pp. Contemporary half green over black cloth, with original front cover preserved and pasted on front board. Publishers logo on title page. This striking first supplement volume to Friedrich Ostendorf's "Sechs Büchern vom Bauen" (Six Books of Building) contains no less than 422 in-text, and full-page b/w illustrations (including many folded). In the first book of his work, German architect and theoretician Friedrich Ostendorf (1871-1915) starts the foreword by lamenting that a great deal has been written about architecture "in old and modern times," but never a book that talks seriously about design; never had "one of the many architectural theorists come up with the idea of expressing himself on this theme clearly and in detail." Ostendorf goes on to say that if one were to ask (in 1913) a number of contemporary German architects what they understood design to be, they would all come up with a different answer, if they produced one that was comprehensible at all. For Ostendorf, design means "formulating one or several or many ideas for the building in one's mind, on the basis of thorough thought about and processing of the building programme, including situation and spatial requirements." Moderate shelf wear and soiling to binding. Text in German. Binding in overall good-, interior in very good condition. g+. Item #38564
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