Light Is The Theme: Louis I. Kahn and The Kimball Art Museum.
2002 As New. Greyish illustrated wraps. 80 pp. Many bw plates .... more information
Price: 27.00 USD
Monograph on The Work of Charles A. Platt, with an Introduction by Royal Cortissoz.
New York: The Architectural Book Publishing Company, 1913 Good only, soiling to covers and some pages, was a working copy from a New York Architectural firm, later a college library with their bookplate. Sturdy buckram binding. X pp. + numerous photographic illustrations, plans, and section drawings on 183 plates. Original edition. Stunning collection of photographic plates of this multi-talented architects work. .... more information
Price: 300.00 USD
Phaidon Press Ltd, 1993 VG+, in slipcase. Light red printed covers with sunned spin. 301 pp., extensively illustrated in color and bw A comprehensive and informative book on this well-known architectural partnership. .... more information
Price: 50.00 USD
Josep lluis Sert (American Architects Series).
Rockport Publishers, 2003 VG-, slight chipping to dustjacket. Blue cloth with color pictorial glossy dustjacket. 80 pp., profusely illustrated in color .... more information
Price: 10.00 USD
Life-Work of the American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Holland: C. A. Mees Santpoort, 1925 VG+ internally. Red cloth covers and spine appear to be replacement of original covers.. Red cloth with gilt lettered "Frank Lloyd Wright" on spine. Consists of seven special numbers of the art magazine Wendingen. Edited and typographically arranged by H. Th. Wijdeveld. The pages are in superb condition, as is the binding though it is not original. Includes articles by famous European architects and American writers such as Lewis Mumford, J.J.P. Oud, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Erich Mendelson, H.P. Berlage, Louis H. Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright himself. This book "was the first major publication of Wright"s work after the 1910-1911 German volumes. It includes illustrations of work done between 1902 and 1923. .... more information
Price: 800.00 USD
United States Courthouse, Springfield, Massachusetts.
Washington, D.C.: U.S. General Services Administration, 2008 VG. White wraps with color illustration; French flaps; 43 pp. with color illustrations throughout. Booklet about the architecture and architects of the courthouse, with plans and photos. .... more information
Price: 15.00 USD
United States Courthouse, Richmond, Virginia.
Washington, D.C.: U.S. General Services Administration, 2008 VG. White wraps with color illustration; French flaps; 35 pp. with color illustrations throughout. Booklet about the architecture and architects of the courthouse, with plans and photos. .... more information
Price: 15.00 USD
United States Courthouse Census Bureau Headquarters, Suitland, Maryland.
Washington, D.C.: U.S. General Services Administration, 2008 VG. White wraps with color illustration; French flaps; 44 pp. with color illustrations throughout. Booklet about the architecture and architects of the census bureau, with plans and photos. .... more information
Price: 15.00 USD
Richard Neutra: The Kauffman House.
New York, New York: Christie's, 2008 VG. White pictorial wraps; Unpaginated, approx. 30 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw and color photos and figures Accompanied the Christie's auction of the home as part of the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 13, 2008; Includes a few details about the property, as well as a few quotes by Neutra himself; This is not the full catalogue that features several articles from the 1940s .... more information
Price: 40.00 USD
Washington, D. C.: E. De Krafft, 1819 Good, foxing, fading, scuffing. Off-white pamphlet, in manila envelope. 8 pp. No ills Address delivered January 5, 1819. Pamphlet reprints Latrobe's defence addressed to the Hon. John Gaillard, President of the Senate pro. tem. and the Senate of the United States, for the Capitol building design, which was criticized in a published report by Charles Bullfinch. .... more information
Price: 125.00 USD
The Chicago Architectural Journal.
Chicago: Chicago Architectural Club, volume 4, 1984 VG, exlib with small stamp to cover at head. Yellow ill. wraps. 136 pp. Profuse bw plates Much of the volume is devoted to Rebori. .... more information
Price: 35.00 USD
Orange, NJ: Rockwell Newman Company, 1956 VG. Mauvish boards. 32 pp. 10+ bw plates Restoration projects featured include St. Marks in the Bowery, New York; Philipse Castle, Tarrytown; Sunnyside, Tarrytown; Christ Episcopal Church, Tarrytown; Old Swede's Church, Wilmington; Virginia House, Richmond; St. John the Evangelist, Syracuse; St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington; St. Peter's Church, Albany; and St. Peter's Church, Jersey City. .... more information
Price: 30.00 USD
KMD: Placemaking, Innovation, and Individuality.
Gloucester: Rockport Publishers, 2001 VG/VG, light wear to DJ edges, rubbing markes to several interior pages. Pale green cloth, pictorial DJ. 208 pp. Profuse color plates .... more information
Price: 16.00 USD
William Buckland: Architect of Virginia and Maryland, 1734 - 1774.
London: Board of Regents, Gunston Hall and Hamond-Harwood House, 1958 VG, ex libr with small label on spine. Orange cloth, light orange ill. DJ. xiii, 175 pp. Several bw plates Extensive biography of Buckland's life and work, with focus on specific projects. .... more information
Price: 15.00 USD
Some Examples From the Work of The Office of R. Clipston Sturgis, Architect.
Boston: 1927, circa VG, small label on cover. Brownish printed wraps. 16 pp., 31 large and small bw plates NO text to speak of, but intriguing illustrations. .... more information
Price: 35.00 USD
Work In Progress: Herzog & De Meuron's Miami Art Museum.
Miami: Miami Art Museum, 2007 VG. Color wraps. 64 pp., profusely illustrated in color A wonderfully illustrated examination of this museum. .... more information
Price: 22.00 USD
Prominent Buildings Erected by the George A. Fuller Company.
New York: George A. Fuller Company, 1910 Good, clean and tight pages but museum lib. copy and with wear to covers; tight binding. Brown soft leather covers with gold lettering; 103 pp. with duotone photographs and bw drawings throughout; gilt page edges An excellent array of buildings and plans, mostly in New York, Boston, and Chicago but in a few other cities as well. .... more information
Price: 375.00 USD
New York, New York: Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1950 VG- (Some light wear to wraps). BW illus. stapled wraps; 20 pp.; 17 bw figures Features eleven of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's projects, including Lever House, the Vinegar Building at H.J. Heinz Company, the Northern Indiana Hospital for Crippled Children, Central Staff Offices for the Ford Motor Company, and more .... more information
Price: 20.00 USD
Davis Brody Bond Aedas: Selected Work.
New York: Davis Brody Bond Aedas, 2007 VG+. Wood on white paper, cut-out lettering, [40] pp; color images throughout. Publication for presentation about the firm to the Frick Collection. Includes photos of 5 projects: the New York Public Library; the Julliard School; MOMA, Celeste Bartos Film Preservation Center; Harvard Club of New York; and National September 11th Memorial and Museum. .... more information
Price: 10.00 USD
Machado and Silvetti Associates: Firm Profile.
Boston, Massachussets: Machado and Silvetti Associates, 2007? VG. Black wraps with silver lettering, unpaginated, profused color images of their projects. .... more information
Price: 10.00 USD
Frank Lloyd Wright: The Library from the Francis W. Little House.
1978 VG, some wear on cover.. Black wraps. 20 pp. 1 color, 8 bw plates. .... more information
Price: 30.00 USD
The Architecture of Luis Barragan.
NY: The Museum of Modern Art, 1976 G+, light wear to cover edges, some foxing to page edges. Black ill. wraps. 128 pp. 94 bw and color plates First major work focusing on Barragan's landscape architecture. .... more information
Price: 15.00 USD
Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia, 1982 VG. Plain black wraps; Spiralbound; 166 pp. plus appendices; 40 bw illustrations An unpublished master's thesis on Vertner W. Tandy, the first black registered architect in New York state and one of the founders of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity .... more information
Price: 100.00 USD
Albert Kahn: Architect Abroad.
VG. Light brown wraps, brown cloth spine. 35 pp. + 38 bw plates Focuses on Kahn's earlier and formative years in Russia and Western Europe, and to his institutional work - especially the University of Michigan campus. .... more information
Price: 35.00 USD
Michael Graves, Henry Hornbostel
1985 VG-, very light wear to cover. Green wraps. 56 pp. Numerous bw plates Text by Clark V. Poling .... more information
Price: 40.00 USD
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1980 VG- (Minor wear to extremities of dj. and cloth; Sunning to spine; Former owner's name written on first page). Burgundy cloth over boards. Duotone pictorial dj. 588 pp. Profuse bw plates. .... more information
Price: 50.00 USD
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1980 VG-, some mild wear to extremities.. White wraps. 588 pp. Profuse bw plates. .... more information
Price: 28.00 USD
The Gilded Life of Stanford White.
NY: The Free Press, 1989 VG/VG. Navy blue cloth/color dj. 483 pp. 63 bw plates .... more information
Price: 25.00 USD
New York: Da Capo Press, 1976, circa 1931 VG, show light age. Beige/ BW illustrated wraps, [xi] 399pp, 39 BW plates From the book cover--Documented by numerous letters, fully illustrated with sketches and photographs, Baldwin's narrative paints a lively and insightful picture--not of a man whose senseless murder scandalized a nation--but of a remarkable personality who ranks among the greatist artists America has produced. .... more information
Price: 20.00 USD
Frederick Law Olmsted's New York.
New York: Praeger Publishers, 1972 VG/VG. Light brown cloth, ill. DJ. 174 pp. 150 bw plates Originally published in conjunction with the Whitney Museum exhibition. Includes illustrative portfolio by William Alex. .... more information
Price: 40.00 USD
NY: Rizzoli International, 1995 VG-, general mild exterior wear.. Color wraps. 224 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. .... more information
Price: 32.00 USD
Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia: Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd., 2008 VG. Black cloth over boards; Black illus. dj.; 536 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color and bw plates and figures, many full page An overview of projects by the architectural firm KlingStubbins, including Bell Laboratories, Berlin Congress Hall, Bell Atlantic Tower, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Venetain Resort Hotel Casino, Novartis World Headquarters, Guangzhou Pearl River Towers, City of Wuhan Gezhouba International Plaza, and many more .... more information
Price: 55.00 USD
The Art of Luxury: Mark Bennett Presents 9 Hollywood Homes by John Elgin Woolf.
Santa Barbara, California: University of California, 2003 VG. White illus. stapled wraps; 18 pp.; 27 color and duotone figures From a 2003 exhibition of the same name held at the University Art Museum at the University of California, Santa Barbara; Includes a chronology of the architect's life, as well as a list of known executed projects, including work for James B. and Mary Frances Pendleton, Young and Rubicam, Cary Grant, Ricardo Montalban, Barbara Ingram, and more .... more information
Price: 25.00 USD
Mary Colter: Architect of the Southwest.
New York, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2002 VG. Color illus. wraps; 320 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color and bw A wonderful book devoted to American architect and designer Mary Colter, including her contributions to American Arts and Crafts, the Grand Canyon, hotels, and more; Nicely illustrated .... more information
Price: 30.00 USD
James Gamble Rogers and the Architecture of Pragmatism.
New York: The Architectural History Foundation and MIT, 1994 VG/VG- with small tear to top of dj spine. Tan cloth with navy lettering; navy/grey pictorial dj; 275 pp. with 225 bw illustrations Betsky covers the entire span of Roger's career, investigating the central issues of American architecture through Rogers' private house commissions for wealthy clients. Also included are his corporate structures notable for both lucid organization and symbolic ornamentation and designs for universities, especially Yale, Northwestern, and the University of Chicago. .... more information
Price: 45.00 USD
Remembered Past, Discovered Future: The Alabama Architecture of Warren Knight & Davies, 1906-1961.
1999 VG. Dark mauve wraps. 151 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. .... more information
Price: 17.00 USD
London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2000 VG w/ library stamp interior. Full pictorial DJ over solid wraps, 240pp, prolific color and BW illustrations Charles and Henry Greene are key figures of the American Arts and Crafts movement. This large-scale monograph on the Greenes' life and complete range of works features new scholarship, newly commissioned photography, and previously unpublished archival material including recently discovered projects. .... more information
Price: 20.00 USD
A New and Native Beauty: The Art and Craft of Greene & Greene.
London: Merrell Publishers Limited, 2008 VG- (Light soiling to back cover). Color illus. wraps; 265 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color and bw plates and figures Accompanied a traveling exhibition of the same name; Includes 11 essays by various authors, including "The Beauty of a House: Charles Greene, the Morris Movement, and James Culbertson" by Anne E. Mallek, "The Forest, the Copper Mine, and the Sea: The Alchemical and Social Materiality of Greene and Greene" by Margaretta M. Lovell, "Out of the Woods: Greene and Greene and the Modern American House" by Edward R. Bosley; Beautifully illustrated with photos, drawings, and reproductions, many full-page .... more information
Price: 40.00 USD
Julia Morgan, Architect (Revised and Updated).
New York, New York: Abbeville Press, 1995 VG- (Spine creased). Color pictorial wraps; 271 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color An updated edition of the original 1988 book; An in-depth examination of the work of architect Julia Morgan, who designed over seven hundred buildings, including William Randolph Hearst's "castle" at San Simeon, California, several YWCA buildings, churches, sanitariums, cottages, and more; Extensive text; Wonderfully illustrated .... more information
Price: 40.00 USD
Steel and Shade: the architecture of Donald Wexler.
Palm Springs, California: Palm Springs Art Museum, 2011 New, sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. Color illlustrated wraps, 131 pp., color and black & white illustrations throughout Published on the occasion of the Exhibition "Steel and Shade: the Architecture of Donald Wexler" at the Palm Springs Art Museum, January 29 - May 29, 2011, organized by the Palm Springs Art Museum in collaboration with California Sate Polytechnic University, Pomona. .... more information
Price: 40.00 USD
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School.
New York: George Braziller, 1984 VG. Maroon and tan wraps with architectural illustration and lettering; 120 pp. with 6 color and 83 bw illustrations plus 15 bw figures. .... more information
Price: 10.00 USD
Louis I. Kahn: In the Realm of Architecture.
New York: Rizzoli, 1992 VG++. Grey printed wraps. 448 pp. with over 500 illustrations, many of them color A monumental book on this American architect. Profusely illustrated. .... more information
Price: 25.00 USD
Washington, DC: American Institute of Architects Press, 1993 VG. Color wraps. xiii, 196 pp. 22 color, numerous bw plates Includes four essays as well as a list of Robert Mills' works, projects, and writings .... more information
Price: 15.00 USD
Columbia, SC: The Columbia Museum of Art, 1976 VG. Color illustrated wraps. 24 pp., some bw illustrations Published to accompany an exhibitionfrom 1976 - 1977. .... more information
Price: 20.00 USD
Henry Hobson Richardson and His Office: Selected Drawings.
1974 VG-, some mild wear to extremities.. Beige wraps. 220 pp. 8 color plates. .... more information
Price: 35.00 USD
Labrobe's View of America, 1795 - 1820: Selections from the Watercolors and Sketches.
Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1985 VG/VG. Black cloth, black ill. DJ. xxi, 400 pp. 169 color and bw plates Drawings, sketches and watercolors depict diverse subjects, such as landscapes, buildings, flora and fauna, and people. Illustations are fully annotated. .... more information
Price: 45.00 USD
Joseph Urban: Architecture, Theatre, Opera, Film.
New York, New York: Abbeville Press, 1992 VG / VG. Dark blue cloth over boards; Color illus. dj.; 272 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color and bw An in-depth exploration of the life and work of Austrian-born architect Joseph Urban; In addition to his architecture, also discusses his set design for theatre, opera, and film work; Wonderfully illustrated .... more information
Price: 28.00 USD
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986 VG/VG. Brown cloth, brown ill. DJ. xxv, 757 pp. Many bw ills. Through his papers, drawings, accounts, letters and reports, this volume studies Olmsted's role as the general secretary of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, charged with overseeing the health of the Union soldiers. .... more information
Price: 50.00 USD
Stanley Tigerman: Recent Projects (Architecture in Context series).
1989 VG, slight crease at spine. Red wraps. 24 pp. 37 bw illus. Essay and portfolio text by Catherine Ingraham. Amply illustrated and contains brief professional information. .... more information
Price: 5.00 USD
