Correspondence, 1953 Digital
Dates
- Creation: 1953
Language of Materials
English, French, German, Spanish.
Physical Description
/ Quantity: 58 items
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
1 folderSeparated Materials
Location of associated materials: Cf. Sert Collection (E032) for additional correspondence related to CIAM and the UNESCO controversy.
General note
Note: Also included is a correspondence file concerning delayed shipment of CIAM generated exhibit materials and complications regarding its entry into the United States.
Note: Includes documentation of continuing dissension within CIAM and controversy over UNESCO headquarters commission, as well as discussion of possible publications.
Note: Included with Gropius letter of 17 September 1953 is a typescript text of his "Scope of Modern Architecture" (10 11) which was originally to have been delivered at CIAM X.
General note
Language note: English, French and Spanish.
General note
Published in: The Gropius text is a variant of the version published as Chapter IV of Scope of Total Architecture (NY, 1955), pp. 169-185.
Creator
- From the Collection: Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Frances Loeb Library Repository
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