Wagner, Martin Das wachsende Haus. Ein Beitrag... Lot n° 4

Architecture Wagner, Martin The growing house. A contribution to the solution of the urban housing problem. With numerous photogr. illustrations. Berlin u. Leipzig, Bong & Co., 1932. 149 p. 4°. Somewhat later cloth with colored paper endpapers and hs. R sign (this faded, HDeckel spotted). Architecture - With numerous photogr. illustrations. Later cloth with handwritten spine label (the latter faded, back cover spotted). - Very rare. First edition. - In this publication, Martin Wagner presents economic and architectural designs for changeable and adaptable building in times of the Great Depression and the collapse of the construction industry. With the help of serially produced micro houses, clients were to be offered the opportunity to react flexibly to family and financial changes. The Arbeitsgemeinschaft für wachsendes Bauen, founded by Wagner in 1931, included many architectural figures of the time such as Walter Gropius, Hans Scharoun, and Bruno and Max Taut. - Rebound without orig. wrappers. Title page stamped on verso. Paper minimally browned. Very rare. First edition. - In this publication, Berlin city architect Martin Wagner presents economic and architectural designs for changeable and adaptable building in times of the Great Depression and the collapse of the construction industry. With the help of mass-produced micro houses, clients were to be offered the opportunity to react flexibly to family and financial changes. The Arbeitsgemeinschaft für wachsendes Bauen, founded by Wagner in 1931, included such architectural greats of the time as Walter Gropius, Hans Scharoun, and Bruno and Max Taut. - Rebound without dust jacket. Title page stamped on verso.