As showcases of design, architecture, technology, industry, and politics, world's fairs have served as overviews of society's accomplishments as well as barometers of our optimism about the future. They have captured the imagination of the hundreds of millions of people who attend them, and are ongoing objects of fascination, as witnessed by the collectibles, web sites, histories, and memoirs that surround them. World's Fairs looks back on 150 years of looking forward. Surprisingly, this is the first illustrated history of all major exhibitions, from the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations in London in 1851 to the upcoming fair in Hanover in 2000. In all, 27 fairs are detailed through their histories, structures, and graphics. While many of the products and ideas promoted at past fairs never materialized, many became commonplace: television, for example, was first shown at the 1939 New York fair. Similarly, while many buildings and landscapes built for fairs have become worldwide icons-the Eiffel Tower, the Crystal Palace, the Barcelona Pavilion, the Seattle Space Needle, the Buckminster Fuller dome in Montreal-hundreds of splendid structures have been forgotten. World's Fairs uses original plans, design studies, period photo-graphs, and ephemera such as programs and postcards to recreate the visual richness, color, and excitement of world's fairs.

World's Fairs

Politics & Social Sciences

Mattie, Erik

Social Sciences

Princeton Architectural Press

Mattie, Erik / Jong, Cees de. Architectural competitions 1792-Today. Volume I: 1792 - 1949 / Volume II: Set of two volumes. Köln, Benedikt Taschen, 1994. 25 cm x 33 cm. Volume I: 340 pages. Volume II: 400 pages. With illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in original slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Includes for example: The White House, Washington DC, 1792 / Houses of Parliament, London, 1835 / Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1863-1875 / Palace of the Soviets, Moscow, 1931-1933 / Town Hall and Church, Seinäjoki, 1950 / Opera House, Sydney, 1956 / Supreme Court, Tokyo, 1968 / Reichstag, Berlin, 1993 etc.

Architectural Competitions: 1792-Toady

Reference

De Jong, Cees

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Taschen America, LLC

This two-volume set provides a detailed chronological overview of major international architectural competitions organized over the last 200 years Each volume features gold blocking and fine endpapers. It is gilt edged and bound in leather and silky rayon.

Architectural Competitions: 1792-1993 (Taschen Jumbo Series)

Jong, Cees de

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Benedikt Taschen Verlag

Architectural Competitions: International Competitions in Architecture and Town Planning: Volume 1: 1792-1947 / Volume 2: 1947-1993 (Taschen Jumbo Series)

Arts & Photography

Amsterdam School

Engineering & Transportation

de Moor, Martijn

Derwig, Jan

Engineering

Architectura&Natura Press

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