.The productivity of labor can be increased by application in construction...; It’s Boleslav Berut. A six-year plan to rebuild Warsaw: Graphic design, charts, plans and layouts are made on the basis o...Read moreRussianEnglish

Six views representing workers and construction materials. Title translates to: Labor productivity can be increased by using it in construction. Printed in black. Together, views are 33 x 49 cm, on double sheet 33 x 49 cm. ; Шестилетний план восстановления Варшавы : Графическое оформление, диаграммы, планы и макеты выполнены на основе материалов и проектов бюро по планированию Варшавы, by Bolesław Bierut. Published by Książka i Wiedza in Warsaw, in 1951. Title translates to: Six-year plan for the reconstruction of Warsaw : Graphic design, diagrams, plans and layouts based on materials and projects of the Warsaw Planning Office. This multi-media book illustrates the report on the Soviet-led initiative to rebuild Warsaw, Poland, after the destruction caused by the Second World War. This report was given at the Warsaw Conference of the Polish United Workers Party on July 3rd, 1949. In addition to diagrams and plans, the book also includes photographic views, drawings, and maps. Maps show roads, districts, and drainage, as well as plans for the reconstruction of central Warsaw. Bound in board with cream colored fabric, gilt cover and spine title, each with decorative borders. Emblem at the bottom of the spine is that of the publisher, Książka i Wiedza, Warsaw. First and only edition. One of the last photo-books of the Stalin era, it provides a glimpse of Warsaw during the period of post-war reconstruction and development. The book itself is a classic example of its genre: large format, gold embossing, coated paper, little text, many photographs, diagrams and graphs - demonstrating the advantages of the socialist model over capitalism. One of the book’s main techniques is the comparison of the same sites photographed in 1945 - the first post-war year - and again after 1949, when the achievements of rebuilding became visible. A highlight of the book are 25 fold-out sheets, which depict views and plans of an imagined future Warsaw in 1955, with the sister skyscrapers to the seven Moscow high-rises, the Stalinist Empire ...