Passing protagonists
The architectural guidebook, as the publishing format in its current form, was born in interwar Germany with Neues Bauen in Berlin (Heinz Johannes, 1931); the second work of this kind, New sights of London (Hugh Casson, 1938) came a few years later. Both of them included among their graphic material drawings made by the authors of the publications to illustrate some of the works in their catalogues. For the Berlin guide, these were freehand street views, while for its London successor a series of architectural elevations were produced. This article analyses the characteristics of these illustrations, their place in their authors’ careers and their brief role in the early development of the architectural guidebook as an emerging publishing type.
Ángel Camacho Pina. “Passing protagonists: Author’s Illustrations in Early Architectural Guidebooks”, EGA Expresión Gráfica Arquitectónica 54 (2025): 186-203. https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/EGA/article/view/23222/17587
