Modern Architecture
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New York 1930 Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars
by Gregory Gilmartin, Thomas Mellins Robert a M Stern
Modern Architecture Books & Ephemera
The Japanese City. A Sociological Analysis
by Yazaki, Takeo
Rutland, Vermont/Tokyo: Japan Publications Trading Company , 1963. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Very clean inside and out. Illustrated with a number of black & white plates. 10" high X 6" wide, 105 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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A$23.52
Barcelona Design Guide
by Abitare
Milan, Italy: Abitare, 1991. This is a very good softcover copy with only light wear. Very clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. Text in English and Italian. Illustrated with drawings. Subtitled "Barcelona Itineraries for Designers and Architects". 9" high X 5" wide, 95 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.
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A$7.79
James Stirling Buildings & Projects 1950- 1974
by Jacobus, John & James Stirling
London: Thames & Hudson, 1996. This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean. Text in English and German. Introduction by John Jacobus. This is the 1996 reprint of the Thames & Hudson, 1975 first edition. James Stirling's career can effectively be divided between this early work, 38 projects, from 1950 to 1974, and then the second half of his working life when he joined forces with Michael Wilford. (That work is surveyed in the Thames &...
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A$196.65
Amsterdam an Architectural Lesson
by Kloos, Martin
Thoth Publishing House , 1988. This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean. Architects in the book include: Bernard Huet, Oriol Bohigas, Rob Krier, Lauren Otis, Helmut Jahn and Rem Koolhaas. Illustrated in black & white with photographs. Epilogue by Rem Koolhaas. 9" square, 118 pages. This catalog will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Very Good.
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A$70.79
The Work of Purcell and Elmslie, Architects
by Gebhard, David
Park Forest, Illinois: The Prairie School Press, , 1965. This is an about very good softcover re-issue of the journal The Western Architect's presentations of the architectural work of Purcell and Elmslie. Completely clean. Small repaired chip to top of the spine. Introduction by David Gebhard. Illustrated throughout in black & white with photographs, plans, details, etc. 13" high X 9" wide, 96 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Very Good.
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A$133.72
Architecture of the early XX. century / selection and commentary by Peter Haiko. Related Titles: Architektur des XX. Jahrhunderts
by Haiko, Peter
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1989. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. The jacket just a little worn at the top of the spine. Very clean inside and out. No marks anywhere. Text in English, French and German. This volume was compiled by Peter Haiko, from the early 20th century German architecture magazines published by Ernst Wasmuth in Berlin, which thoroughly documented the modern architecture of the period. Introduction by Haiko. Text + 216 black & white...
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A$72.29
Hans Scharoun a Monograph
by Jones, Peter Blundell
London: Gordon Fraser, 1978. This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with just light wear. Small chips to spine tips of jacket. Front yellow endpaper offset, and short previous owner name, an architectural historian on the front endpaper. Otherwise completely clean. Illustrated throughout in black & white. This was the first critical monograph in any language to appear on the work of Hans Scharoun (1893- 1972). In 1919 he joined Bruno Taut's expressionist architects group...
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A$464.09
Design Quarterly 152: Architecture Tomorrow
by Walker Art Center
Cambridge: Walker Art Center/MIT Press , 1991. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Very clean outside and completely clean inside. Binding firm. This issue is subtitled "Architecture Tomorrow". Essays by or about Frank Israel, Morphosis, Thom Mayne, Michael Rotondi, Tod Williams, Billie Tsien, Stanley Saitowitz, Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo Scofido, and Steven Holl. Illustrated in color and black & white. 11" high X 8 1/2" wide, 48 pages. . Soft Cover. Very Good.
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A$27.53
Die Baukunst Der Neuesten Zeit.
by Platz, Gustav
Berlin: Propylaen-Verlag, 1927. This is a very good hardcover copy in the familiar green paper-covered boards with gilt device to the front cover, and black leather spine with red panel printed with gilt titles. Text in German. This is one of the best one volume surveys of European architecture at the beginning of the 20th century. The work of over 100 architects is surveyed and classified by building types and styles. Profusely illustrated with 25 tipped-in color plates mounted on stiff black paper, and...
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A$393.30
Lost Wright
by Carla Lind
FIRST EDITION in unclipped dust jacket. The book is FINE. The dust jacket is mildly sunned at the spine, other FINE.
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A$28.30
Fay Jones
by Robert Adams Ivy Jr
FIRST PAPERBACK edition in decorated wraps. Crease at spine; a few small rubbed spots. Previous owner's gift inscription. NEAR FINE. Profusely illustrated with color and black & white photographs.
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A$125.84
Visions of Wright
by (WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd). Farrell Grehan, photographer
FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. Both the book and the unclipped dust jacket are FINE. Introduction by Terence Riley.
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A$31.45
Manhattan Svelata
by Pericoli, Matteo
Leonardo International, 2002. This is a near fine hardcover copy in a near fine hardshell illustrated slipcase with almost no wear. Text in Italian. This is the 1st Italian edition after the book was published in New York in 2001. Booklet with essay by Paul Goldberger and one sheet key to book illustration laid in. The book itself is a tour de force: it unfolds at great length to reveal the east side of New York skyline on one side of the pages and the west side of New York skyline on the other. A...
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A$117.99
Italian Architecture 1750-1914
by Meeks, Carroll
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1966. This is a fine hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out. The jacket has a tiny closed tear to the bottom edge of the front panel, and a little rubbing to the edge of the spine, and is price-clipped, otherwise fine. Fine reference for the various theories of architecture from the mid 18th century through the Italian art nouveau. Bibliography. Appendices: Chronological list of publications 1700-1800; Visitors to Italy in the...
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A$117.99
British Buildings 1960-1964
by Stephen, Douglas
London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd. 1965., 1965. This is a very good copy in blue cloth boards, in a very good but edgeworn dust jacket. Co-authors Kenneth Frampton and Michael Carapetian. Interesting selection of modern work in England in the 1960's. Illustrated profusely with black and white photographs, many of them full-page. 11" high X 8" wide, 103 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Very Good/Very Good.
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A$39.33
Scuola e Architettura
by Muratore, Giorgio and Fedora Boco
Perugia, Italy : Benucci Editore , 1989. This is a very good softcover copy of this exhibition catalog with only very slight cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased. Text in Italian. Subtitled " L'evoluzione del disegno architettonico dal 1790 al 1940 nelle Raccolte dell'Accademia di Belle Arti di Perugia", the exhibition shows the history of the development of architecture at the Academy in Perugia from 1790 through 1940. About 100 black & white illustrations...
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A$31.39
Jim Olson: Houses
by Jim Olson, Michael Webb
Monacelli Press, 2009. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean. Stated first edition, first printing. Introduction by Michael Webb. Preface by Jim Olson. Based in Seattle, Jim Olson has designed many outstanding homes throughout the Pacific Northwest. Sixteen houses and apartments featured in this monograph. Illustrated in color. 12" high X 9" wide, 255 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped...
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A$228.11
Architektur Der Gegenwart
by Tafuri, Manfredo and Francesco Dal Co
Stuttgart/Milan: Belser/Electa , 1977. This is an about very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with just light wear. The jacket has some creasing and a few tiny chips to the corners. Very clean inside and out. Text in German. This is the German edition of Tafuri and Dal Co's classic standard work on the history of modern architecture. This survey starts in the 1890's and ends in the late 1960's. 673 black & white illustrations. Bibliography. 11 1/2" high X 10" wide,...
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A$43.26
Frank O. Gehry. El Museo Guggenheim Bilbao
by Coosje van Bruggen
Museo Guggenheim, Bilbao, 1997. This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Soft crease to front cover, bottom right corner. SIGNED by Frank Gehry, in ink on the first page, the half title-page, with his distinctive hand. Not inscribed to anybody, just signed. Otherwise completely clean. Text in SPANISH. The is the Spanish language edition published when the Bilbao Museum was first opened. The museum was inaugurated on October 18, 1997 by King Juan Carlos I of Spain, with an exhibition...
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A$306.77
The Architecture of Steven Ehrlich
by Ehrlich, Steven
Costa Mesa, CA : Steven Ehrlich Architects/Orange Coast College Foundation , 1990. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and just lightly toned covers outside. The lower corner of the back cover and last few pages with a soft crease. Spine not creased. This copy has been SIGNED and inscribed by Ehrlich to a friend. Foreword by Leon Whiteson, architecture critic for the Los Angeles Times. Introduction by Edward R.Baker. Over 20 built works described and...
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A$43.26
Candela: The Shell Builder
by Faber, Colin
London: The Architectural Press, 1963. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear. Long ago released from a small British library and bearing only one handstamp from the library on the verso of the title-page. The dust jacket is complete but has some edge wear, repaired short tears. Lacking front free endpaper. Very clean inside and out. Foreword by Ove Arup. Colin Faber was associated with Candela as a student, then a colleague for many years. Still the basic text on...
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A$306.77
Edifici Per La Cultura - Parte Prima - Biblioteche
by Carbonara, Pasquale
Milan, Italy: Antonio Vallardi Editore, 1947. This is an about very good hardcover reference copy in tan paper-covered boards. The boards are bowed out a bit at the top and bottom edges. Very clean inside and out. No dust jacket. Text in Italian. This is a survey of modern library architecture throughout Europe in the first half of the 20th century. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs, plans, elevations and details. Bibliography. 11" high X 8" wide, 127 pages. . Hard...
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A$39.33
Documentos de Arquitectura 34 Rafael Moneo Fundacion Pilar y Joan Miro
by Moneo, Rafael
Almeria, Spain : Documentos de Arquitectura, 1996. This is a very good softcover copy with the red printed obi banner with just light wear. Completely clean. Text in Spanish and English. Texts by Rafael Moneo. Chronological list of Moneo's architectural projects. Illustrated in black & white and color. 13" high X 8" wide, 57 text pages + ads. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.
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A$196.65
Docklands
by Williams, Stephanie
London: Phaidon, 1996 reprint. 167pp. illus. + folding map. slim paperback 8vo: Fine [large publisher's rem. stamp on half-title p.; else F] An illustrated architectural guide to London's rejuvenated Docklands.
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A$7.85
