Die Neue Wohnung. Die Frau als Schopferin (The New Apartment. Woman as Creator)

by Taut, Bruno

Leipzig: Verlag von Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1926. Hardcover. vg to vg+ condition. Octavo. 124 (4)pp. Original tan quarter cloth over red boards with off-white lettering and ruling on black label pasted to front cover, black lettering on spine, in original dustjacket with modern design and typography. Publisher's device on title page. Dedicated to women as the creators of livable apartments, flats and dwellings in general. Provides general principles, a historical review and an extensive view of the new movement to shape living quarters with a separate chapter on issues during the process of transition from old to new along with practical tips for an advantageous arrangement of apartments. Illustrated with b/w photographs and architectural plans. The final two chapters treat the "Ideal Apartment," and the new way of building a house. With epilog for the second edition, supplement for the third edition entitled "Women as Creator" and an illustrated supplement to the fourth edition. Contains a list of the illustrations, a list of other Bruno Taut publications, and one page of publisher's advertisements at rear. Dustjacket flaps with publisher's advertisements. Text in German. Dustjacket with light wear along edges, small chips at corners and head and tail of spine. Binding with minor wear along edges and and lightly rubbed.