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The Crystal Chain letters : architectural fantasies by Bruno Taut and his circle / edited and translated by Iain Boyd Whyte.

Fine Arts Library NA2500 .C78 1985
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Whyte, Iain Boyd, 1947-
Taut, Bruno, 1880-1938.
Language:
English
German
Subjects (All):
Architecture--Philosophy.
Architecture.
Architecture, Modern--20th century--Themes, motives.
Architecture, Modern.
Themes, motives.
Architects--Germany--Correspondence.
Architects.
Germany.
Physical Description:
xiii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1985]
Summary:
The Crystal Chain - "Die glaserne Kette" - was a utopian correspondence initiated by Bruno Taut in 1919-1920, in which a small group of like-minded architects and artists exchanged ideas on what form the architecture of the future should take.
Notes:
Bibliography: page [197].
ISBN:
0262231212
OCLC:
11469954

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