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Published: London,
Date: 1907.
Description: iv, incl engr title, 34pp, explaining the background to the competiton & its rules, list of entries and prizes, biographies. In lettered pictoral card folder + high-quality plates, some in colour (plates 1&2 being photos of Carnegie & The Committee). All loosely inserted in original lttd ribbon-tied cloth portfolio, 50x38. Plate 39 (entry of H. van Buren Magonigle, NY) in xerox facsimile. A little wear and some browning to portfolio, contents good.
Notes: This fine volume, complete in itself, describes in full the architecture of the competition for the new Palace of Peace (it is part V of a larger report). It required a Court House and Library. First prize was awarded to L M Cordonnier of Lille. Other prizes, in descending order, went to A.Marcel, F. Wendt, O. Wagner, Creeley & Olin, and F. Schwechten. There were also entries from Berlage, E. Saarinen, Cuypers, Eklund, Belcher, I. Puig Cadafach, W. Kreis and others.
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Price: £125.00
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