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Cités-Jardins 1932 by Benoit-Levy, Georges - 1932

by Benoit-Levy, Georges

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Cités-Jardins 1932

by Benoit-Levy, Georges

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Nice, France, 1932. In series "La Cité-Jardin IV". Original wrappers bound in boards with geometric decoration and basket-weave spine with small morocco label and matching slipcase. Binding fine, wrappers lightly creased, contents fine. One of 10 copies on papier a la main de Montval. With 130 pages, plans and photographic illustrations. Benoit-Levy (1880-1971) was a French architect and urban planner, founder and director of Association des Cité-Jardins de France. He was a prolific author on urban planning in France, England, America and Australia. This book deals with the English garden cities of Welwyn, Port Sunlight and Bournville and the influence of the movement in Bristol, Liverpool and Manchester.. Wrappers Bound Into Boards. About Fine. Large 8vo.
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  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - About Fine
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Place of Publication Nice, France
  • Date Published 1932
  • Keywords Garden City, Architecture, Urban Planning, Urban Design, English Garden Cities
  • Size Large 8vo
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Volume X L, Number 1-6 Bound Together January to july 1924 The Architectural Forum Including The Greek Revival By HOward Major, Henry Bacon 1866-1924 By Royal Cortissoz, Architecture Of Liturgical Churches By Ralph Adams Cram, Modern Architecture By Thomas Hastings, The ARchitecture Of Retail Stores And Many More

by Editors INcluding Georges BEnoit - Levy and CAss Gilbert

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Rogers and Manson Co., Boston Mass., . Volume X L, Number 1-6 Bound Together January to july 1924. Hardcover. Very Good Solid Copy, Spine label Worn, Individual Issue Covers Not Bound In. Quarto, Green Tan Cloth. 1924 Numerous B & W Photos, Drawings Quarto, Green Tan Cloth, , Pp.288, Six Issues Of This Important Professional Magazine; Stories About Important Architects And Their Projects with Numerous Photos And Plan Views Of Buildings Of The Time Gb15b1
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Volume X X X I X, Number 1-6 Bound Together July to DEcember 1923 The ARchitectural Forum Including Some Alluring Cities Of Old France and Industrial Architecture IN Concretezzz

by Editors INcluding Georges BEnoit - Levy and CAss Gilbert

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Rogers and Manson Co., Boston Mass., . Volume X X X I X, Number 1-6 Bound Together July to DEcember 1923. Hardcover. Very Good Solid Copy, Spine label Worn, Individual Issue Covers Not Bound In. Quarto. 1920 Numerous B & W Photos, Drawings Including a Pencil Drawing by Harold Shurtleff Of The Woolworth Tower And St. John s Church, New York City And Grace Evangelical Luthern Church, Minneapolis Quarto, , Each Issue About Thirty Pages Plus Plates, PP.314, Six Issues Of This Important Professional Magazine; Stories About Important Architects And Their Projects with Numerous Photos And Plan Views Of Buildings Of The Time GB16a5
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by BENOIT-LÉVY, GEORGES

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Nice, 1932. Large 8vo. (9 3/8 x 7 1/4). [7], 8-130 pp. 7 photographs and 11 illustrations. Number 2 of 10 copies on hand-made papier de Montval. Contemporary basketweave spine and geometric patterned boards, matching slipcase, original wrappers bound in Overview of English garden cities by French architect and proponent of the garden city movement. A review of the Garden City movement in England specifically the execution of English garden cities of Welwyn, Port Sunlight, and Bournville and the effects of the movement in Bristol, Liverpool and Manchester. This book was written by French theorist, architect, and urban planner, Georges Benoit-Levy (1880-1971), who founded the Association Française des Cités-Jardins and wrote several books such as this in support of Garden Cities, a movement started by Ebenezer Howard in England. As a reaction to the effects of industrialization on living conditions in England in the 19th century, Howard came up with his 'big idea', a utopian city planning model he… Read More
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