Fisenko, А[natolii] S[tepanovich] and B[oris] N[ikolaevich] Vargazin, editors.

[CONSTRUCTIVIST PRINCIPLES IN INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION] Spravochnik proektirovshchika promyshlennykh sooruzhenii. Tom I. Arkhitektura promyshlennykh zdanii. Chast 2. Fabriki i zavody [Handbook of the designer of industrial structures. Vol. I. The Architecture of industrial buildings. Part. 2. Factories and plants]. WITH: Metallicheskiie konstruktsii. Raschetnyie tablitsy [Handbook of industrial construction. Steel constructions. Design tables].

Moscow; Leningrad: ONTI, Glavnaia redaktsiia stroitel’noi literatury, 1936. Octavo (26 × 18.5 cm). Original embossed cloth over boards; 876 pp. With 16 leaves of illustrations. Title leaf removed and re-attached (another leaf missing?). Boards lightly scuffed and soiled; slight moisture stain to upper corner. A small perforation through top board and first 50 pages. Still about very good.

Moscow; Leningrad: ONTI, Glavnaia redaktsiia stroitel’noi literatury, 1937. Octavo (26 × 18 cm). Original embossed cloth over boards; 508 pp. With a preface in Russian, English, and German. Light soil and foxing to boards; corners lightly bumped; some fraying to lower spine; internally clean. Item #54719

Intended for architects and engineers involved in large-scale construction projects, these two books were part of a six-volume series released in 1933–1937. The 1936 volume (part two of volume one) focuses on the construction of factories and plants and includes architectural plans, technical drawings, photo-illustrations, as well as charts and graphs of major construction projects across the Soviet Union, such as the hydroelectric dam at Dneprostroi (Ukraine), textile factories in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), and a tractor factory in Chelyabinsk (Russia), among others. Foreign examples for comparison include views of Ford factories in New Jersey, Detroit, and a radiator company in France. The handbook provides "technical data, solution examples, and conditions of construction design." The editor of the volume, the architect Anatolii Fisenko (1902–1982), was a specialist in industrial architecture. Fisenko studied with constructivist architects such as the Vesnin brothers, Aleksei Shchusev, and Aleksandr Kuznetsov and was a member of OSA group (Organization of Contemporary Architects) and a member of the editorial board of the journal CA (Contemporary Architecture). The volume documents the use of Constructivist principles in Industrial-scale construction.

The final 1937 volume is a technical appendix to the preceding more theoretical volumes, and contains "tables and graphs required by the designer and detailer of steel construction". In addition to the Russian, the preface to this volume is given in English and German, assuming the use of the handbook by foreign architects and engineers.

As of February 2025, KVK, OCLC show the various volumes held at only one institution in North America.

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