Deconstructivist Architecture by Mark Wigley (6 items)

Museum of Modern Art, 1988. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Large-format softcover, measuring approximately 9.25" x 12.25", is in near fine condition, with crease to lower outside corner of rear cover. Binding is sound. Interior is clean and bright. 104 pages."This book presents a radical architecture, exemplified by the recent work of seven architects. Illustrated are projects for Santa Monica, Berlin, Rotterdam, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Paris, Hamburg, and Vienna, by Frank O. Gehry, Daniel Libeskind, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Eisenman, Zaha M. Hadid, Bernard Tschumi, and the firm of Coop Himmelblau."

Boston: Little, Brown ; Distributed by New York Graphic Society Books, 1988. First. Paperback. Fine. The exhibit “Deconstructivist Architecture” created quite a stir well before it opened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on June 23, 1988. After all, it was curated by Philip Johnson, the grand old man of Modern architecture and the founding director of MOMA’s Department of Architecture and Design, as well as Mark Wigley, at 31 years old a man of a younger generation but already teaching at Princeton’s School of Architecture. Pre-opening, the consensus in the media seemed to be that the exhibit would mark a great turning point in architectural trends. Once the exhibit was underway, however, opinion was mixed. Critics and working architects were divided as to just what Johnson and Wigley were getting at, and just what “Deconstructivism” meant in terms of architecture. The exhibit was relatively small, and started out by drawing upon MOMA’s collection of items from the Russian… Read more

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Very Good+ in wraps. Small bump on spine crown. Light foxing on top text block edge.; 104 pages.

New York, : The Museum of Modern Art, 1988,. 305x225mm,. b/w photographs, paperback. 586

Museum of Modern Art/Little Brown and Company, 1988-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!