Jan Kaplický : for the future and for beauty / Ivan Margolius.

Main entry:

Margolius, Ivan, author.

Title & Author:

Jan Kaplický : for the future and for beauty / Ivan Margolius.

Publication:

[Stuttgart] : Edition Axel Menges, [2022]
©2022

Description:

374 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles (some color), plans (some color), portraits (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Translation of: "Jan Kaplický : pro budoucnost a pro krásu."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-370) and index.
Translated from the Czech.

Summary:

This is the first monograph on the life and work of the Czech born British architect Kaplicky (1937-2009). It is a distinctive portrait of one of the most distinguished architects and designers of the 20th and 21st centuries. After immigrating to the United Kingdom in 1968, he founded in 1979 the innovative studio Future Systems, with which he became famous.

ISBN:

386905025X (hardcover)
9783869050256 (hardcover)

Subject:

Kaplicky, Jan, 1937-2009 Criticism and interpretation.
Kaplicky, Jan, 1937-2009
Future Systems (Firm)
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture, British.
Architectural design Great Britain.
Design architectural Grande-Bretagne.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Kaplicky, Jan, 1937-2009.
Future Systems (Firm)

For the future and for beauty

Holdings:

Location: Library main 316800
Call No.: 316800
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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