Die Wohnung für das Existenzminimum (Housing for Subsistence Living) (1930)

A key 1930 publication from the second International Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM). Edited by Ernst May, Sigfried Giedion, and Walter Gropius.  Focuses on designing affordable housing to meet the basic needs of the working class during the interwar years. Comprising essays and discussions by leading architects of the time, including Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, focusing on efficient use of space, cost-effective construction methods, and functional design principles.  Illustrated with numerous floor plans. Text in German with summaries in English. Condition: Some slight spotting to inside of front cover and title page. Some light spotting to edges of text-block, otherwise fine in original acetate cover.