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Modern Classicism

STERN, ROBERT A.M.; RAYMOND W. GASTIL · 1988 · Ultramarine Books

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

New York, Rizzoli. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-8478-0848-3). Cloth, Square 4to. 296 pages; 304 illustrations in color and b&w. Not a history of Modern Classicism but an examination of the importance of Classicism and its role of influence on design movements, including Moder...

Renaissance Architecture

MURRAY, PETER AND LINDA · 1985 · Ultramarine Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Electa/Rizzoli. 1985. (ISBN: 0-8478-0474-7). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), Square 4to. 196 pages; 351 illustrations, some color, most b&w photographs. Short gift inscription on the front free endpaper, otherwise clean, bright throughout; tight binding. Very Good.

Architecture Anyone?

HUXTABLE, ADA LOUISE · 1986 · Ultramarine Books

$13.00 (€11.80 | £9.84 | ¥2,076)

New York, Random House. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-394-52909-x). quarter-cloth and paper boards, 8vo. 345 pages; b&w illustrations. A collection of essays by this critic whose name is synonymous with architecture. She covers buildings, cities, people, history; enjoyments, e...

Philip Johnson: Life and Work

SCHULZE, FRANZ · 1994 · Ultramarine Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-394--57204-1). quarter-cloth and paper boards, 8vo. 465 pages; b&w illustrations throughout. Biography from childhood on; "living history" of modern and postmodern architecture. Very Good/Very Good.

Perspecta 29 - the Yale Architecture Journal

0 · Ultramarine Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, The MIT Press. (ISBN: 0-262-54092-4). Printed Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 100 pages; abundantly illustrated. Clean and tight. Very Good.

Tall Buildings

RILEY, TERENCE (PREFACE); GUY NORDENSEN (ESSAY) · 2003 · Ultramarine Books

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

New York, The Museum of Modern Art. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-87070-095-2). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, 191 pages; numerous illustrations. 25 projects are featured; located worldwide. Fine.

John Soane

SUMMERSON, JOHN; DAVID WATKIN; G.-TILMAN MELLINGHOFF · 1983 · Ultramarine Books

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

London, Academy Editions. 1983, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-312-048130). Cloth, 4to. 123 pages; over 200 illustrations, including 64 in color , 3 four-page foldouts. List of buildings; bibliography; Summaries in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Gift inscription on front free e...

Manhattan Architecture

BERENHOLTZ, RICHARD (PHOTOGRAPHS); ELLEN POSNER (INTRODUCTION); DONALD MARTIN REYNOLDS (TEXT) · 1988 · Ultramarine Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New York, Prentice Hall. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-13-551987-x). Cloth, Folio. 256 pages; numerous color photographs of Manhattan buildings, closeups of decorative details, great rooms and other indoor spaces; a gorgeous book. Very Good/Very Good.

Seven Treasure Cities of Latin America

WHYTE, BERTHA KITCHELL · 1964 · Ultramarine Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

New York, October House. 1964, First Edition. Cloth, 4to. 286 pages; numerous b&w illustrations. The "artistic survivals" of the Spanish colonial period, when native people and native resources and wealth were exploited to create cities, paintings, decorative arts and other cu...

Persian Architecture: The Triumph of Form and Color

POPE, ARTHUR UPHAM · 1965 · Ultramarine Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

New York, George Braziller. 1965, First Edition. Cloth, 4to. 288 pages; 404 illustrations, 33 color. Persian architecture as a fine art tracing its history and development, meanngs and importance of forms and colors. The book was completed when the country was under the rule o...

Grands Travaux (English Edition) - Special Issue of Connaissance Des Arts

CONNAISSANCE DES ARTS · 1989 · Ultramarine Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Paris, Societe Francaise de Promotion Artistique. 1989. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. Magazine, 66 pages; illustrated throughout with color photography. A special issue that presents the major development projects undertaken by the French government in the 1980s: Orsay M...

Three Centuries of Notable American Architects

THORNDIIKE, JOSEPH J., JR. (EDITED BY) · 1981 · Ultramarine Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, American Heritage Publishing Co. 1981, DeLuxe Edition. (ISBN: 0-8281-1158-8). Cloth, 4to. 348 pages; illustrated throughout. Introduction by Vincent Scully; 16 sections on notable architects by notable writers, for example Charles Bullfinch by Marshall B. Davidson; H...

Of Earth and Timbers Made: New Mexico Architecture

BUNTING, BAINBRIDGE; ARTHUR LAZAR (PHOTOGRAPHS BY) · 1975 · Ultramarine Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press. 1975, First edition, Second printing. (ISBN: 0-8263-0318-8). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 70 b&w photographs of buildings; details, such as windows, doors and cornices; associated elements, such as grave markers, fences and g...

Gehry Talks: Architecture + Process

GEHRY, FRANK O. AND ASSOCIATES; MILDRED FRIEDMAN (EDITOR); MICHAEL SORKIN (ESSAY) · 1999 · Ultramarine Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

New York, Rizzoli. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-8478-2165-X). Decorated paper boards, Square 4to. 300 pages; numerous illustrations of models, sketches, plans, work in progress, completed projects: thirty-three projects, all his new work in the 90s decade. Commentary througho...

Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water: The House and Its History

HOFFMANN, DONALD; EDGAR KAUFMANN, JR. (INTRODUCTION) · 1978 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, Dover. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-486-23671-4). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 98 pages; 100 illustrations: most b&w photographs;, also reproductions of drawings, plans, etc. This was a new work published by Dover by arrangement with the Western Pennsylvania ...

World's Biggest Buildings

CONSTABLE, NICK & KAREN FARRINGTON · 1998 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

San Diego, Thunder Bay Press. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 1-57145-164-1). Pictorial Paper Boards, 15.25" x 11.75". 104 pages; .49 buidings, all in full-page color with text and statistics on the facing page. Big is not only tall and biggest is not only new: included are Petron...

The White House, an Historic Guide

1977 · Ultramarine Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Washington, D.C. White House Historical Association. 1977. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 4to. 160 pages; numerous b&w and color illustrations. Very Good.

Romanesque Europe: Buildings of Europe

DAVIS, R.H.C. (INTRODUCTION); HARALD BUSCH AND BERND LOHSE (EDITED BY); HELMUT DOMKE (COMMENTARIES ON ILLUSTRATIONS) · 1960 · Ultramarine Books

$28.00 (€25.41 | £21.20 | ¥4,471)

London, B. T. Batsford. 1960, First Edition. Cloth, 4to. pp. XXIII; 224. The 224 pages are clear, well lighted, full page b&w architectural photos with captions. Preceding is an informative introduction. Clean and tight except for a gift inscription on the front pastedown, oth...

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum/James Ingo Freed

(FREED, JAMES INGO); ADRIAN DANNATT (TEXT) · 1995 · Ultramarine Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

London, Phaidon Press. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-7148-2939-0). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), Square 4to. 60 pages. Twenty pages of color and b&w photographs; text with 96 b&w illustrations; many technical and detail drawings; chronology; bibliography. Fine.

Santiago Calatrava : The Poetics of Movement

TZONIS, ALEXANDER · 1999 · Ultramarine Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

New York, Universe. 1999. (ISBN: 0-7893-0360-4). Pictorial Wrapper (softcover), 8vo. 239 pages; numerous color illustrations throughout. 35 projects "fully documented with photographs, drawings, and sketches.". Fine.