Wolkenbügel
El Lissitzky as Architect
$130.17
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
14 May 2024
Summary
How a visionary, never-realized architectural project, devised by one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, shaped architectural culture in Europe between the world wars.
After achieving international acclaim as a painter and designer, El Lissitzky set out in 1924 to convince the world-and himself-that he was also an architect. He did this with a project for a “horizontal skyscraper,” which he gave an obscure and untranslatable name- Wolkenb gel. Eight of these buildings, perch…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262048781 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262048787 |
| Author: | Richard Anderson |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 14 May 2024 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“Gorgeously produced, highly readable account of a fascinating and wily figure.”
—The Wall Street Journal
“Anderson makes the Wolkenbügel the focal point of his volume, reconstructing extensive dialogues between Lissitzky and his global interlocutors, and transforming the skyscraper into the centre of gravity for Lissitzky’s other projects. With his assistance the Wolkenbügel emerges as the glue that bonded Lissitzky’s universe of disparate artefacts and connected him to the rest of the world.”
—The Times Literary Supplement
About The Author
Richard Anderson
Richard Anderson is Professor of Architectural History and Theory at the University of Edinburgh. He is the editor of Ludwig Hilberseimer’s Metropolisarchitecture and Selected Essays and the author of Russia- Modern Architectures in History.
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