Tokyo: A. Raymond, 1938. First edition, third printing. Large brown burlap oblong quarto, metal spiral binding, 4 preliminary leaves, 116 b&w plates (including diagrams) on 59 leaves, 1 leaf 30 x 23 cm. Extremely mild wear to spine head and foot, hardly bumped corners, black-ink ownership name and design to front free endpaper, few to several faint brown marks to title page and forward page, subtle rubbing wear to edges, faint stamp to endpaper, else Very good(-) to very good(+). Hardcover.Ex-library book, with minimal markings (a single stamp) Signed by author. Architecture; Japan. An assemblage of drawings and photographs showing Czech architect Antonin Raymond's residential work in Japan completed in the 1920s and 1930s. Trained at Czech Technical University, Raymond immigrated to the United States in 1910 and worked with Cass Gilbert on the Woolworth Building (completed 1913) and Frank Lloyd Wright, eventually traveling with Wright to Tokyo for that city's Imperial Hotel (completed 1921). The self-published Architectural details provides advice for the designer using Raymond's work and philosophy as a model. In interior plans and elevations, sectional drawings, and examples of dramatic self-supporting staircases, concrete proves an optimal material in both aesthetics and durability. Raymond's talent for incorporating traditional Japanese elements {shoji, tatami (grass mats), and hinoki (Japanese cypress) is illuminated in pages of black-and-white photographs, showcasing the realization of his design concepts.1938.
