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Wien/New York: Springer Verlag, 1995.
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear in a spiral wire binding and stiff yellow and gray card covers. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English and German (introductory material translated, but project descriptions only in German). This book provides a summary of the activities of the Masterclass in architecture at the Hochscule fur Angewandte Kunst in Vienna, conducted by Wolf D.Prix and assistants. Prix, of course, is one half of the famed Coop Himmelblau. The style of the projects profiled here is definitely the Himmelblau style, interpreted by students. Projects for the five years, 1990 thtough... more information
Price: 50.00 USD
East European Modernism. Architecture in Czechoslovakia, Hungary & Poland Between the Wars 1919-1939
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1996.
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket, with no wear whatsoever. Completely clean inside and out. Edited by Lesnikowski with an introduction by him. Essays by Vladimir Slapeta, Janos Bonta, John Macsai, and Olgierd Czerner. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Select bibliography. Tall 8vo, 9" high X 6" wide, 304 pages. A fine copy. more information
Price: 19.95 USD
Minneapolis,MN: Walker Art Center, 1975.
This is a very good softcover copy of this quarterly magazine published by the Walker Art Center. Light cover soil, very clean inside. Illustrated in black & white. 11" high X 8 1/2" wide, 32 pages. more information
Price: 25.00 USD
Firenze,Italy: Alinea Editrice, 1993.
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with only light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian (56 pages). This is a survey of Italian wrought-iron work and includes both older and more modern designs. There are over 500 photographs, both in color and black & white of gates, fencing, grills, doors, signage, clocks, bed frames, candleabra, lighting fixtures, torcheres, balcony railings, window grills, floral arrangements, animal designs, religious artifacts, fireplace equipment, etc. Bibliography. 13" high X 10" wide, 430 pages. more information
Price: 95.00 USD
Amsterdam: Kosmos, 1930.
This is a very good hardcover copy in light green cloth with a printed design in blue on the front cover and spine. Very clean inside and out. Text in four languages:Dutch, French, German and English. Brief introductory text. 391 black & white photos and plans showing fine villas and country house designs in the Scandinavian countries, England, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Belgium, Holland and America. This is one of the better early surveys of modern architecture including International Style designs that was produced in the 1920's and 30's. 12" high X 10" wide. more information
Price: 250.00 USD
Roma: Galleria Nazionale/De Luca Editore, 1966.
This is a very good softcover copy with light cover wear. Generally clean inside and out, one page has handwritten note. Text in Italian. Preface by Palma Bucarelli. Covers all the important phases of modern architecture from the late 19th century through the 1950's. Illustrated in black & white with about 135 small photographs and drawings. This is another volume in the Galleria Nazionale's 'Mostra Didattica' series. 9" high X 8" wide, 40 text pages + illustrations. more information
Price: 25.00 USD
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, 455 pages. more information
Price: 50.00 USD
Berlin: Im Propylaen-Verlag, 1927.
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 hundreds of black & white photos, plans and drawings. Thumbnail biographies. Index. 10 1/2" high X 7 1/2" wide, 607 pages. 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... more information
Price: 350.00 USD
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 Eighteenth Century. 266 black & white illustrations. 11" high X 8" wide, 546 pages. A beautiful copy of this essential reference. more information
Price: 75.00 USD
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 + 24 full-page color plates. Oblong 4to, 8" high X 9" wide, 210 pages. more information
Price: 19.95 USD
Switzerland: Schweizer Werkbund, 1945.
The complete year of 12 issues of this Swiss periodical. Text in German and occasional articles in French. Profusely illustrated art journal in black & white. Features on G.Manzu, F.L.Wright, Oscar Kokoschka, Honneger(architect), Picasso by Carol Giedion-Welcker, Gunnar Asplund, Emil Nolde and Carlo Carra among many others. This is a very good coth copy with the covers soiled, but very clean inside. 12" high X 8.5" wide. more information
Price: 65.00 USD
Providence, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Museum Press, 1939.
This is a very good softcover copy with light wear. No dust jacket. Gray card covers are printed in black, a little toned, front cover has a soft crease. Generally clean inside, some light soil to the endpapers, a light pencil name on the front endpaper. Classic general survey of four centuries of Rhode Island architecture by one of the best architectural historians. Preface by Alexander Dorner. 81 black & white photographs (and a few prints) of Rhode Island architecture. 11" high X 8" wide, 69 text pages + plates. more information
Price: 25.00 USD
Zurich: Institut Orell Fussli, 1914.
This is an about very good hardcover copy in the original elaborately gilt decorated gray boards with light wear. One small abrasion on the edge of the spine. Spine tips have some wear. Completely clean inside and very clean outside. Text in German. Illustrated throughout in black & white with photographs of Zurich architecture and floor plans, ca. 1914. Photos unnumbered but about 100 photographic plates. 12" high X 9" wide, 208 pages. more information
Price: 95.00 USD
New York: Rizzoli, 1987.
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Very clean inside and out. This volume in the series covers metropolitan architecture and urbanism from 1890 to 1915. Written by Robert Stern, Gregory Gilmartin and John Montague Massengale. Black & white illustrations on almost every page, including vintage photographs of buildings and streets, architectural plans, elevations, and details, etc. 11" high X 9" wide, 502 pages. more information
Price: 250.00 USD
Albuquerque,NM: School of American Research, 1983.
This is a near fine hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out. John Gaw Meem (1894- 1983) was the greatest architect to work in New Mexico. His modifications of Pueblo and Spanish Colonial architecture are synonymous with the region. 123 black & white illustrations. Photographs by Laura Gilpin and Ansel Adams among others. Bibliography. 10" high X 8" wide, 177 pages. more information
Price: 60.00 USD
Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, 1921.
This is a very good hardcover copy in the original publisher's lime green boards, black cloth spine and gilt titles. Completely clean inside and out, (small unobtrusive circular bookplate which simply says ex libris and has a geometric design, but no owner name). Text in German. About 5 pages had creases, and tears to the edges professionally repaired with Japanese paper. Illustrated throughout in black & white with 183 photographs of bridge architecture. 10" high X 7" wide, 208 pages. more information
Price: 95.00 USD
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981.
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Fine study of the building of Imperial Delhi which was begun in 1911 and finished in 1931. Sir Edwin Lutyens designed the centerpiece Viceroy's House, and Sir Herbert Baker designed the neighboring Secretariat blocks and Legislative Chambers. Select bibliography. 273 illustrations including many color plates. Maps. 10 1/2" high X 8" wide, 406 pages. more information
Price: 250.00 USD
Japan: Rikuyo-Sha Publishing, Inc, 1986.
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English and Japanese. Illustrated throughout in color and some black & white. Statements by Kitahara, Shigeru Uchida and Minoru Takeyama. A foreword by Shiro Kuramata. Kitahara designs mostly commercial spaces including shops, restaurants and hotels. 12" high X 9" wide, about 120 pages. more information
Price: 75.00 USD
Paris: Albert Morance, 1957.
This is a very good hardcover copy an an almost very good dust jacket. The jacket is all there, just a little wear around the edges, and a short closed tear. Completely clean inside. Text in French. One of the last works in the famous series 'L'Architecture vivante'. This volume covers contemporary small residential architecture on America, Canada and Mexico. Full of great work. Illustrated throughout in black & white. 11" high X 9" wide, 153 pages. more information
Price: 125.00 USD
New York: Rizzoli Publications, 1985.
A near fine hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out. A monograph on Mario Botta (1943- ) the Swiss architect, illustrated with black & white and color photographs by Yukio Futagawa. Text by Mirko Zardini. Introduction by Christian Norberg-Schulz. Profusely illustrated. Bibliography. Oblong folio, 12" high X 12.5" wide. more information
Price: 29.95 USD
