Hans Scharoun (Studio Paperback) English (Paperback)

~ Christoph J. Bürkle (Author)

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Product Description

This text looks at the architectural works of Hans Scharoun, and features 182 illustrations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Birkhäuser (Basel) (January 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3764355816
• ISBN-13: 978-3764355814
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,484,254 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Copiously illustrated review of 58 major works, February 6, 2005

By	Eugene Tenenbaum "reluctant reader" (Bronx, NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Hans Scharoun (Studio Paperback) (Paperback)

This is a concise and copiously illustrated paperback survey on only 176 pages of all major buildings and projects from 1911 to 1973 published under ISBN: 1874056803 by Artemis (London) and ISBN: 376081408 by Artemis (Zürich), and ISBN: 3764355816 by Birkhäuser (Basel...) and ISBN: 0817955816 by Birkhäuser (Boston) in English (and ISBN: 3764355808 by Birkhäuser (Basel...) and ISBN: 0817955808 by Birkhäuser (Boston) in German). Following 30 pages with analysis of the architect's style, each of the presented 58 of a total of 250 works is headed by a description from as little as just a few lines to over a page long followed by illustrations from one to several depending on the work's scope. All of 200 only B&W illustrations - at least a half of them technical (plans, sections, sketches, elevations, etc.), but also B&W photos of a good quality - are well balanced, superbly crisp and perfectly legible. On several pages at the end, there are: biography, selected bibliography, list of works, etc. Like all from the Studio Paperback series, this book is solid among architectural monographs even of a bigger size. Similar to smaller books from the Works and Projects series published by Gustavo Gili (GG) in English and Spanish.