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A H & A W Reed Sydney 1967 . Fine 28.0 x 27.0cms, 84pp, b/w & tipped in colour illusts, very good hardback with chipped dustwrapper (with 2 birds-eye-view photographic prints of Sydney's CBD before the Opera House) When Curtis documented the building of the Opera House, he stressed 'the humanistic values which permeate the thinking behind this building; the very conscious and intense concern of the architect with the requirements of an anonymous client...the imaginative consideration given to the relationships of space and form...the constant concern with values, standards & quality; the three dimensional expression of a precise & methodical mind as exemplified in the exacting geometry associated with the whole project, together with the creative use made of structural systems'.
A VISION TAKES FORM: A GRAPHIC RECORD OF THE BUILDING OF THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE DURING STAGES ONE AND TWO BY ROBERT EMERSON CURTIS. by Curtis, Robert Emerson - (1967).
by Curtis, Robert Emerson
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A VISION TAKES FORM: A GRAPHIC RECORD OF THE BUILDING OF THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE DURING STAGES ONE AND TWO BY ROBERT EMERSON CURTIS.
by Curtis, Robert Emerson
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Sydney, Australia: A.H. & A.W. Reed, (1967)., (1967).. Very good. - Quarto, 11-1/8 inches high by 10-3/4 inches wide. Tan cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a vignette in gilt on the front cover, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed and stained with numerous chips and tears to the edges. 83 & [1] pages, with profuse textual illustrations and tipped-in color plates. Near fine in a good dust wrapper. <p>First edition.<p>Introduction by Professor H. Ingham Ashworth and an Historical Foreword by Roger Covell.
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- Publisher Sydney, Australia: A.H. & A.W. Reed, (1967).
- Date Published (1967).
- Keywords ARCHITURE; MUSIC; CLASSICAL; OPERA; A VISION TAKES FORM: A GRAPHIC RECORD OF THE BUILDING OF THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE DURING STAGES ONE AND TWO BY ROBERT EMERSON CURTIS; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATION; COLOR PLATES.
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A Vision Takes Form: A Graphic Record Of The Building Of The Sydney Opera House During Stages One & Two.
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A Vision Takes Form: A Graphic Record of the Building of the Sydney Opera House during Stages One and Two
by Curtis, Robert Emerson
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Sydney: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. frontis, tipped in illustrations, 83p. Original cloth. dj. 28 cm. Jacket rather edge-worn with some chips snd tears.
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