170 - STEEL. A New Grand Exhibition Hall.

STEEL. A New Grand Exhibition Hall. Paris, OTUA (Technical Office for the Use of Steel), 1935, folio-sized album (42 x 53 cm), 163 pages, text, technical drawings and diagrams, black-and-white elevations. Publisher’s binding with bronze-colored shagreen spine, Art Deco motif on the covers. — Lower cap torn off, corners worn, a few stains on the covers and endpapers, slight soiling inside. Organization of the competition for the design of a large exhibition hall and venue for various events (250 x 480 m on the site of the Grand Palais for the 1937 Exposition of Arts and Techniques); description of the 13 projects by their designers: Tournon and Chappey, Expert, Fournier, Molinier, Nicod-Boulanger, Umbdenstock, Beaudoin and Lods, Bourdeix, Boutterin, Granet, Madeline. The project was never realized.