Structure, Verses, Agency Books

Constructing Power Architecture, Ideology and Social Practice

Joseph Maran, Carsten Juwig, Hermann Schwengel and Ulrich Thaler · 2006

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Hamburg, Germany, LIT, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Band 19 of the series Geschichte Forschung und Wissenschaft, this being edited by Joseph Maran, Carsten Juwig, Hermann Schwengel and Ulrich Thaler, and by Marina Pucci, Maria Gabriella Micale, Ma...

Davis Allen: Forty Years of Interior Design at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Slavin, Maeve · 1990

$6.40 (€5.81 | £4.84 | ¥1,022)

New York, Rizzoli, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Bound in glossy pictorial covers, and paying due homage to the...

70s Decorative Art

Fiell, Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds. · 2000

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Koln, Benedikt Taschen, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition flexible hardcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing neither shelf- nor edge-wear to the illustrated covers, in gatefold. 575 pp. The two e...

Andrew Holmes: Addition (Folio IX)

Holmes, Andrew; Cedric Price · 1986

$140.00 (€127.03 | £105.98 | ¥22,356)

London, England, Architectural Association, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Square 4to 9" - 11" tall. Scarce in the trade, there being only three additional copies available on-line currently. Bound in tall quarto softcover format, introductory essay being staple-bound,...

Building Big

Macaulay, David · 2000

$14.40 (€13.07 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Boston, Massachusetts, Houghton Mifflin, 2000. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, a fine-looking tie-in to the P.B.S. series of the same name. Little discernible wear to the two-tone, gray paper over boards, bla...

Michelangelo: Architect

Contardi, Bruno and Giulio Carlo Argan · 1993

$37.60 (€34.12 | £28.46 | ¥6,004)

New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1993. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. First English edition, written by Giulo Carlo Argan, and Bruno Contardi provided the history, chronology and documentation for the relevant works in individual entries following each ...

Architectural Essays from the Chicago School from 1900 to 1909

Hasbrouck, W.R., ed. · 1967

$21.60 (€19.60 | £16.35 | ¥3,449)

Park Forest, Illinois, A Prairie School Press Reissue, 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Big, tall, folio-sized reissue of an important homage to the so-called Chicago School of drafting and architectural drawing, with a special focus on the wor...

Academie de France a Rome, Ses Directuers Ses Pensionnaires, Tome I, Tome II

Alaux, Jean-Paul · 1938

$92.00 (€83.47 | £69.64 | ¥14,691)

Paris, Aux Editions Duchartre, 1938. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. This is a sturdy, tightly bound copy of the First Edition, published by Duchâtre, Paris, 1933, complete in two volumes, being bound in a tall, heavy quarto format. The illustrated, simpl...

Angels & Franciscans: Innovative Architecture from Los Angeles and San Francisco

Lacy, Bill and Susan deMenil, eds. · 1992

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York and London, Rizzoli International Publications, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition softcover copy in tall trade paperback format, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge...

Ruskin on Architecture: His Thought and Influence

Garrigan, Kristine Ottesen · 1973

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Madison, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin Press, 1973. First Edition. . Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Bound quite handsomely in maroon colored cloth, with black le...

Eco Structures: Forms of Sustainable Architecture

Leone, Sabrina; Spita, Leone; Spirito, Gianpaola, eds. · 2009

$27.20 (€24.68 | £20.59 | ¥4,343)

Vercelli, Italy, Whitestar Publishers, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Another fine contribution to the series Art & Architecture, this being focused on the imperative to develop sustainable forms of habitation and architecture. Fine-looking, ...

Of Houses & Time: Personal Histories of America's National Trust Properties

Seale, William · 1992

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Plentiful full-page, full-color photogr...

Fragments D'Architecture Du Moyen Age Et de la Renaissance D'Apres Les Releves & Restaurations Des Anciens Penionnaires de L'Academie de France a Rome, Volume I, Volume II

D'Espouy, Hector, compiler · 1854

$680.00 (€616.99 | £514.74 | ¥108,587)

Paris, Charles Massin et Cie, Editeur, . First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Elephant Folio 23" tall. Scarce in the trade, there being currently no additional sets, complete in two volumes, available on-line. Another fine, collectible set by the same author as of Fragments D'Arch...

The Adobe Book

O'Connor, John F. · 1973

$14.40 (€13.07 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Sante Fe, New Mexico, Ancient City Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Dealer stamp, neatly affixed inside front flap at bottom. Bright and shiny dust ...

Spain Architects: Housing

Padura, Manel · 2006

$76.00 (€68.96 | £57.53 | ¥12,136)

Barcelona, Spain, El Masnou, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Massively heavy, oversized item, two volumes housed in a slipcase. Special fo...

Monumentalbrunnen Deutschlands, Osterreichs Und Der Schweiz Aus Dem 13. Bis 18. Jahrhundert

Alfred Heubach · 1903

$48.00 (€43.55 | £36.33 | ¥7,665)

Leipzig, Chr. Herm. Tachnitz, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A perfectly serviceable set of 59 of 60 finely drawn black-and-white illustrations of monumental architectural forms. Housed in a moderately battered exterior but with a remarkably ...

Daniel Libeskind and the Contemporary Jewish Museum: New Jewish Architecture from Berlin to San Francisco

Wolf, Connie; Young, James E.; Libeskind, Daniel; Schwarzer, Mitchell · 2008

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Contemporary Jewish Museum / Rizzoli International / Skira Editions, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Fine and due homage to...

Sketching the Concept: Perspective Illustration for Architects, Designers and Artists

Linton, Harold and Scott Sutton · 1993

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Design Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked of interior, with a bit of discoloration along edges, at tips. Bound in an oblong format, in ...

Sir John Vanbrugh: The Playwright As Architect

McCormick, Frank · 1991

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

University Park, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. ...

The Churches of Rome

Gunn, Peter · 1981

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, very slight sunning along top interi...