[oblong folio (9-1/2" x 12") with printed card covers; string-bound, split along spine with about 2/3 of the spine covering missing and some additional paper loss extending into the corners of the front cover, but with the double-hole-punched pages still firmly held together by the binding cord; otherwise, the covers are edgeworn and age-browned, but the interior photographic plates are clean and in excellent condition]. (photographs) A photographic souvenir booklet of this Barcelona resort/casino, which opened in 1928. There is a one-page introduction, in Spanish, and the remainder o... View More...
(no dust jacket) [solid binding but much external wear, including fraying at several corners, spotting on front cover, etc.; internally quite clean, and firmly bound with the exception of one loose page]. (B&W photographs, plates, diagrams, plans, etc.) Bound volume of 24 monthly issues of this large-format architectural trade periodical (approx. 13" x 10-1/2", containing about 550 pages altogether), "devoted to the interests of architecture in materials of clay." The publication contains a wealth of information regarding architectural and construction practices of the period... View More...
(textured silver paper-covered boards; no dust jacket) [a moderately worn volume, boards slightly bowed, some damage at the top of the spine (the cloth is ripped at both hinges, and about a 3/4" strip of the cloth spine covering has come "untucked"; probably repairable by a competent binder), bumped corners, general external wear, a couple of scrapes in the cloth spine covering, light foxing on the top edge and to the rear endpapers; vintage bookseller's label at bottom corner of front pastedown (Jean French, Los Angeles)]. (B&W photographs, sketches) Like the (translated) title says: ships a... View More...
[very slight fraying to cloth at top of spine, otherwise a nice copy with no discernible wear; jacket has a handful of small edge-tears with occasional associated creasing (all pretty minor)]. (color photographs, floor plans) A photographic survey of many different styles of Iranian houses. Text and captions in both English and Persian (Farsi). **** NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this heavy book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. *** View More...
[very nice copy, as-new with no significant wear to either book or jacket]. (color photographs and other illustratiions) Published in connection with the exhibition of the same title, presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the National Art Center, Tokyo, this lavishly-illustrated volume examines "the many visual and conceptual principles that unite fashion and architecture," post-1980, and draws from the work of about 40 architects and fashion designers from the United States, Europe, and Japan, among them Alexander McQueen, Olivier Theyskens, Frank Gehry, and Rem Koolh... View More...
[very nice copy, no discernible wear to book; jacket shows just a hint of scuffing, still presents "as new" in protective mylar jacket cover]. (color photographs, sketches, etc.) "Here it is the architects themselves -- 35 Pritzker Prize laureates to be specific, deemed the leading architects in the world -- who speak directly to us about what they do and why. [This is] the first book to document what the Pritzker Prize laureates have said and written about their field. Paired with their running commentary is a selection of their major built works, seen in more than 700 images." Represented... View More...
[nice clean copy, just the teensiest bit of handling wear to book and jacket]. (Studies in Architecture and Culture, No. 4) Series (B&W photographs, architectural drawings) "The intent of these essays is to explore the notion of a 'culture of silence' through the basis of the architectural culture of modern Finland." Architects whose work is discussed and analyzed in connection with this theme include Alvar Aalto, Reima Pietilä, Juha Leiviska, Gunnar Asplund and Renzo Piano. ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this moderately heavy book; i... View More...
[nice-looking book, tight and clean with no discernible wear; jacket shows very light edgewear, minor scuffing to spine]. (B&W photographs) "The story of the American tall building, its development, its history, its mission -- a big story underlying the advance of business and industry and the growth of cities." (++) View More...
[nice clean book, a few tiny pen-indentations on front cover, slight bends at corners of front cover]. Trade PB (B&W photographs, line illustrations) "This outstanding book presents 500 small-home designs of the 1920s as they appeared in a major architectural publication of 1923. Many are by leading domestic architects of the period. Each design is presented in a handsome perspective drawing or photograph, along with floor plans and a description of its principal features." An unabridged reprint of the 1923 book "The Books of a Thousand Homes, Vol. I: 500 Small House Plans." View More...
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