90 - Bauhaus - Hannes Meyer and Hans Wittwer. Architectural Competition for the Construction of a League of Nations Building in Geneva. Geneva [1927]. With 81 illustrations on plates. Original paperback.

Bauhaus - Hannes Meyer and Hans Wittwer. Architectural Competition for the Construction of a League of Nations Building in Geneva. Geneva [1927]. With 81 illustrations on plates. Original paperback. Auction start time: approx. 12:51 p.m. (schedule subject to change) “A competition was announced in 1927 for architects from all nations belonging to the League of Nations to design the League’s headquarters building in Geneva. [...] The jury, composed of international authorities, avoided a clear-cut decision by awarding nine equal prizes and nine honorable mentions each for first and second place.” (Wasmuth’s Encyclopedia of Architecture. Vol. IV, p. 667 ff.) - The design by the two Swiss architects Hannes Meyer and Hans Wittwer (illustrated on pages 44–45), who ran a joint practice in Basel, also received an honorable mention. Not long after participating in the League of Nations competition, both moved to the Bauhaus in Dessau: Hannes Meyer succeeded Walter Gropius as director, while Hans Wittwer headed the architecture department as a master teacher beginning in 1928. Together they realized the famous Federal School of the General German Trade Union Federation (ADGB) in Bernau, a model Bauhaus building. - From the estate of Hans Wittwer, with his ownership notation on the title page. - Included: “Architect Hans Wittwer” letterhead. 32.0 × 24.3 cm. 61, [3] pages. - Minimal creases.