Architettura

Catalogue of Art Treasures of Ten Great Temples of Nara, with Supplemental Volumes (30 Volumes Total)

1932 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$8,000.00 (€7,258.16 | £6,054.36 | ¥1,277,649)

Tokyo, The Otsuka Kogeisha, 1932. Published between 1932 and 1935. Hardcover. All volumes: 11x14 inches, natural linen/boards. Silver-grey embossed Buddhist design on cover; Japanese lettering on spine. Top edges gilt. The primary volume about each temple contains a map of the...

Ulrich Muther Schalenbauten in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Lammler, Rahel and Michael Wagner · 2008 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Zurich, Verlag Niggli AG, 2008. Softcover. Small, color-photographic wraps with black lettering. French flaps (bound down by a library); 117 pp. with color and bw images throughout. Text in German. With 3 brief essays and a biography, followed by the unique works of this Germa...

Wiel Arets: Autobiographical References

McCarter, Robert and Wiel Arets · 2012 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Basel, Birkhäuser, 2012. Softcover. Black wraps with mylar adhesive cover; French flaps; illus. flyleaves, 528 pp. tabbed pages with dividers; highly illustrated, mostly in BW. A look at the life, work, and views about architecture of Dutch architect Wiel Arets (b. 1955). Told...

Le Corbusier: Architect, Painter, Writer

1945 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

New York, Mezzanine Gallery, 1945. Ephemera. Blue paper sheet folded in half with white/orange lettering. Blank on one side. The exhibition was organized by the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and the American Federation of Arts. The opening reception was on September 20, 194...

Entretiens Sur L'Architecture (2-Volume Set)

Viollet-Le-Duc, M. · 1965 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$42.00 (€38.11 | £31.79 | ¥6,708)

Farnborough, Hants, Gregg Press Limited, 1965. Hardcover. 2 vols. Red cloth, 941 total pp. BW illus. and plans. Text is in French. A two-volume set of 20 "interviews on architecture," penned by French architect Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879). This is a reprint of h...

The Ancient Glass of Canterbury Cathedral

Rackham, Bernard · 1949 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

London, Lund Humphries and Company Limited for the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral, 1949. Hardcover. Blue buckram boards with lightly-bevelled edges. Gilt lettering on spine and shield on front cover. xv + 194 pp. with bw frontis, 20/21 color plates (frontis is listed as a col...

English Church Monuments

Kemp, Brian · 1980 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1980. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth boards. illus. flyleaves, 208 pp. BW illus. glossy color & bw pictorial dustjacket w/ white printing. Photo is of a previous copy; this copy is Not ex-library. VG/VG (ex-libris w/ embossed stamp to front endpaper. lig...

Primer

Cook, Peter · 1996 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

London, Academy Editions, 1996. Softcover. Dark green-blue wraps, 158 pp. BW illus. As postscript: "Almost all the buildings in this personal, rather random survey seem to prompt me to talk about light, space, energy or theatrics. Perhaps these are the most difficult aspects o...

Byzantine and Romanesque Architecture (2-Volume Set)

Jackson, Thomas Graham · 1920 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1920. Second Edition. Hardcover. 2 vols. Olive cloth with vellum spines, brown title blocks on spines, gilt letters and decorations on spines and covers; gilt top edges; 559 total pp. BW illus. and drawings. The full two-volume set of thi...

The Building of Elizabethan and Jacobean England

Howard, Maurice · 2007 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$46.00 (€41.73 | £34.81 | ¥7,346)

New Haven and London, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art / Yale University Press, 2007. Hardcover. Blue cloth, black & color illus. dust jacket in mylar cover, 227 pp. color and BW illus. "In the 1530s the dissolution of the monasteries in England resulted in gr...

The Architect King: George III and the Culture of the Enlightenment

Watkin, David · 2004 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

London, Royal Collections Publications, 2004. Hardcover. Red cloth, gilt letters on spine, light green and illus. dust jacket in mylar cover; 224 pp. color and BW illus. "George III was an ambitious patron of both the sciences and the arts. In this ground-breaking new survey D...

Designing for Industry: The Architecture of Albert Kahn

Hildebrand, Grant · 1974 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$195.00 (€176.92 | £147.58 | ¥31,143)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, The MIT Press, 1974. Hardcover. Tan cloth/oblong boards; silver lettering. Missing dust jacket. xvii + 232 pp. with 99 bw images. Albert Kahn designed his first factory in 1903; by 1918, when he began the Rouge River Ford Plant, he had become the fore...

The Best of Cutler Anderson Architects

Kennedy, Allician with Teresa Morrow, & Sheri Olson · 2008 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$120.00 (€108.87 | £90.82 | ¥19,165)

Beverly, Massachusetts, Rockport Publishers, Inc, 2008. Softcover. Color-photographic wraps with white lettering. 272 pp. with 400 color illustrations. "The work of James Cutler, FAIA, and Bruce Anderson, AIA, of Cutler Anderson Architects is internationally renowned for its e...

A Biographical Dictionary of English Architects, 1660-1840

Colvin, H. M. · 1954 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1954. Hardcover. Dusty rose cloth, gilt letters on spine, 821 pp. no illus. An A-Z dictionary of English Architects with dates, associations, and accomplishments, yet sadly, no pictures of work examples. VG- (Ex-art library, ...

The Church of Sancta Sophia Constantinople: A Study of Byzantine Building

Lethaby, W.R. and Harold Swainson · 1894 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$475.00 (€430.95 | £359.48 | ¥75,860)

London, Macmillan & Co, 1894. Hardcover. Red clay cloth/boards. Added yellow cloth spine with original title block overlaid. viii + 307 pp. with 75 bw illus. An amazing architectural, decorative, historical description of Sancta Sophia, including her situation in Byzantium and...

Historic Architecture in Alabama: A Guide to Styles and Types, 1810-1930

Gamble, Robert S. · 2001 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Tuscaloosa, Ala, University Alabama Press, 2001. Softcover. Color pictorial glossy wraps. viii, 218 pp. profusely illustrated with bw photographs and plans. This text outlines the primary architectural currents and styles that have surfaced in Alabama over the years and define...

Metamorph 9. International Architecture Exhibition: Trajectories, Vectors, Focus (3 Volumes)

Baltzer, Nanni et al. · 2004 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Venezia (Venice), Italy, La Biennale di Venezia, 2004. Softcover. 3 vols. With red, blue, and green wraps; French flaps, 788 total pp. many color illus. Text is in English. The full three-volume set from this international architecture exhibition. Showcases quite a number of a...

Arts & Culture: Selected Projects

Chang, Vincent · 0 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Grimshaw. Softcover. Grey illus. wraps with black lettering on yellow spine. 102 pp. with color/bw illus. throughout. A look at some of the world-wide architectural projects by the Grimshaw firm and information about, mostly, its New York office. Stunning images. As ...

And on the Eighth Day : The Last Word on City Planning and Planners, by Hedman and Bair

Richard Hedman and Fred Bair Jr. · 1961 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.25 | ¥17,568)

Philadelphia, PA, Falcon Press, 1961. Hardcover. Printed Boards. Appx. 71 pp. chiefly illustrated with bw drawings. A scarce first edition. Good. Glue has dried somewhat creating the probability that pages will come loose. Someone has crafted a whimsical drawing on the ffep as...

Building God's House in the Roman World: Architectural Adaptation Among Pagans, Jews, and Christians (the Asor Library of Biblical and Near Eastern Archaeology)

White, L. Michael · 1990 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,111)

Baltimore, Maryland, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990. Hardcover. Teal cloth, glossy teal and illus. dust jacket, 211 pp. BW figures. "Sets the architectural history of the early church within its wider cultural context. The change from house churches to public basilic...