LIVING ARCHITECTURE. 1923-1933. - Lot 192

LIVING ARCHITECTURE. 1923-1933. Paris, Morancé, 1923-1933; 10 vol. in-8. Fawn half-basane, spine ribbed, gilt titles. Volume 1: 1923, 12 pp.-50 plates including 1 in color. Bound with 1928: 32 pp.-50 plates, including 1 in color. Initially published in sheets in a lace-up folder, this collection is presented here in volumes, with the plates mounted on tabs. Each volume comprises a first part of text (30 to 60 pp.) and two series of 50 plates (except for 1923 and 1928), each with a color plate. "L'Architecture vivante is one of France's few avant-garde architectural magazines. It is directed by critic and architect Jean Badovici. Comprising illustrated articles, but above all plates of the most remarkable contemporary architectural projects, L'Architecture vivante became the mouthpiece of the rising modern movement. Its greatest representatives, including Le Corbusier and Auguste Perret, set out their vision of architecture. (Exhibition at the Cité de l'architecture & du patrimoine, Paris, June 2013).