THE ARCHITECTURAL RECORD January – June 1938

6 Issues Bound into a Single Volume

Herbert Matter  |  Richard Neutra  |  Lubetkin & Tecton  |  R. M. Schindler  |  George Fred Keck  |  William Wilson Wurster  |  TVA  |  Albert Kahn  |  Gunnar Asplund  |  Oscar Stonorov  | Dr. Otto Neurath  |  Xanti Schawinsky  | Rockwell Kent’s Puerto Rican Postal Mural Controversy, etc.

A. Lawrence Kocher [Editor]: THE ARCHITECTURAL RECORD. New York: F . W. Dodge Corporation, Volume 83, Nos. 1 – 6, January – June 1938. Quarto. Single volume bound in black fabricoid with gilt titles. Approximately 800 pp. Non-circulating Reference Collection Ex-Libris editions with all covers and advertising material removed. Light institutional stamps throughout. Illustrated articles with superior to exceptional graphic design throughout. A nice reference copy.

[6] 8.5 x 11.5 magazines fully illustrated with articles directed towards the practicing professionals of Depression-era America. Both the Record and the Architectural Forum were considerably more progressive than their competitors, with the Record being notable for its lengthy relationships with Frederick Kiesler, R. Buckminster Fuller, C. Theodore Larsen and Knud Lönberg-Holm.

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When A. Lawrence Kocher was appointed Managing Editor of The Architectural Record in 1927, the magazine issued a “Delphic utterance” that it was embarking on a new chapter in its history which would probably include “something about ferro-concrete, about architectural polychromy, about a more effective direction and use of the allied arts and crafts. Possibly the impulse originated by Sullivan, developed by Frank Lloyd Wright and amplified abroad will bring repercussions from Europe. No doubt standardized shapes and machine-made surfaces will find their logical place in design. That there will be movement, enterprise, new feeling is clear....” (Architectural Record, January 1928, p. 2) Under Kocher’s direction the magazine was transformed from a beaux-arts periodical into one espousing a broad concept of modern architecture encompassing education, social responsibility and concerns, modern design, and contemporary materials and methods of construction.

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