California Houses of Gordon Drake
William Stout Publishers, May 2010. Oversized Hardcover. More
William Stout Publishers, May 2010. Oversized Hardcover. More
Phaidon Press, June 2002. Hardcover. This anthology of writings by the architectural critic Kenneth Frampton brings together his most influential essays from the last 35 years. The essays focus on twentieth-century architecture, dealing with diverse themes and movements, built works and the architects responsible for these buildings. The writings are..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, April 2022. Hardcover. We are living in a new urban age, and its most tangible expression is the "supertall" megastructures that are dramatically bigger, higher, and more ambitious than any in history. Cities around the world are racing to build the first mile-high building, stretching..... More
Birkhauser Basel, June 2009. Oversized Hardcover. Nach Jahrzehnten der Verdrängung von Wasser aus dem Siedlungsraum ist dieses in den vergangenen Jahren verstärkt zum gestalterischen Thema geworden. Die Integration natürlicher Wasserläufe in die bebaute Umgebung, die Klimatisierung von Stadträumen durch Wasserskulpturen, aber auch die Schaffung von Ruhe- oder Erlebnisorten wie Brunnen..... More
H. N. Abrams, January 1978. Cloth. Square quarto {10' x 10'} in bright clean DJ. Brick red cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. Tight binding. Mild tanning/dust staining to textblock edges. Foxing to end pages. [p252 pp.]. More
Monacelli Press, December 2008. Trade Paperback. First published in 1999, Everyday Urbanism has become a classic in the discussion of cities and real life. Within the context of history, theory, and practice of urban design, the essays explore the city as a social entity that must be responsive to daily..... More
Thames & Hudson, November 2011. Oversized Hardcover. Seven hundred years of architectural innovation make for an international survey of spectacular scope and depth, from the dome of St. Paul's cathedral to the arresting angles of the Sydney Opera House, from the monumental Taj Mahal to Kengo Kuma's attempts "to erase..... More
Thames & Hudson Ltd, November 1982. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto. {9' x 10 & 1/2'} In dustjacket, clean, bright with mild foxing to verso. Grey cloth covered boards with silver lettering along spine and stamped/tooled illustrated silver whales within silver oval, swimming in tandem. Grey end pages with tiny classic..... More
Arno Press, January 1977. Oversized Hardcover. Jacket is sunned, edge chipped, with a closed tear at bottom of front panel and a 3/4 inch triangular chip missing from top edge of same panel. More
Watson-Guptill Publications, March 1999. First Thus. Paper Back. An architectural, biographical, and cultural/social profile, this brilliant evocation of White's life features a portfolio of unforgettable images of his priceless legacy to New York. An architectural, biographical, and cultural/social profile, this brilliant evocation of White's life features a portfolio of unforgettable..... More
Princeton Architectural Press, February 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Mary Colter may well be the best-known unknown architect in the world: her buildings at the Grand Canyon National Park--which include the Lookout Tower, Hopi House, Bright Angel Lodge, and many others--are admired by almost five million visitors a year. In addition..... More
Van Nostrand Reinhold, January 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. DJ is curled at edges with mild edgewear. Flap is clipped. Black paper covered boards with gold lettering upon spine. First edition. Complete number string. Interior foxing. Tanning/darkening to end page. [224 pp.]. More
Golden West Books, November 1977. Hardcover. Quarto (8 & 1/2' x 11'} In edgeworn dustjacket. Flap not clipped. DJ darkened at margins & verso. In navy blue faux-leather with stamped lettering on spine and front board. End page front & rear illustration of Grand Central Station. Foxing & brown stains..... More
Pelican Publishing Company, July 1996. Reprint. Hardcover. The antebellum South is celebratedin this beautiful book featuring over 100 full-color photographs of restoredplantation homes. The homes bespeak the grandeur of days gone by when plantationhomes were decorated exquisitely, furnished lavishly, and surrounded by vastacreages of lush croplands. Full-page photographs areaccompanied by..... More
Western Reserve Historical Society, November 1981. Reprint. Hardcover. Oblong octavo {9' x 8'} In very good dustjacket with mild wear, small tears. Dark brown cloth covered spine with gold lettering & tan cloth covered boards. Tanning/foxing to end pages. Dust stained textblock edges. [166 pp.]. More
Prestel Publishing, August 2016. Hardcover. New York City is the world's undisputed capital of the skyscraper and is synonymous with this archetypal American form of architecture. Yet New York's exceptional standing is not only due to the sheer number of skyscrapers; it is also the juxtaposition of so many high-rise..... More
Western Reserve Historical, December 1979. First Edition. Cloth. Treating architecture as a social phenomenon as well as a fine art, this volume is the standard architectural history of Cleveland. Quarto in edgeworn, much torn dustjacket 'repaired' with clear tape. Foxing & tanning too DJ verso. Black cloth covered boards with..... More
THAMES HUDSON, August 2005. Oversized Hardcover. Le Arti d'Oggi features a dazzling array of European artwork from the 1920s. This book was originally published in Italy in 1930, and has since become extremely rare. This new edition, which follows the format of the original, has over 800 illustrations organized in..... More
Bulfinch Press, May 1993. Oversize Softcover. Spanning the ages and the globe, Spiro Kostof explores the city as a "repository of cultural meaning" and an embodiment of the community it shelters. Widely used by both architects and students of architecture, The City Shaped won the AIA's prestigious book award in..... More
Simon & Schuster, November 1997. First Edition. Cloth. Provides a detailed portrait of the most prominent American architect of the nineteenth century, featuring 150 photographs of his buildings, from Boston's Trinity Church to Chicago's Glessner House. Gemlike and nearly perfect, the century-old Trinity Church in Boston regularly appears on every..... More
Exit Zero Press, June 2010. Oversized Hardcover. Cape May, at the tip of the Jersey Shore, goes from boom to bust and back again in this compelling almanac of lavishly illustrated and meticulous researched regional history. Beginning with an advertisement in a Philadelphia newspaper in 1801, city dwellers soon descended..... More
Dover Publications, September 1994. Paper Back. In over 130 photographs and drawings, this superb book celebrates the architecture of Philadelphia's theaters from the candlelight era to the movie palaces of the 20th century. Moving from one landmark to another, it explores the vigorous, often controversial role theaters played in the..... More
Thames And Hudson, January 1964. Reprint. Hardcover. Folio. {10 & 1/2' x 13'} In mildly edgeworn dustjacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Photographs of sculptured ruins end pages front and back, 'show the ranks of Susian guards carved in relief on the north side of the eastern staircase of the Apadana..... More
Da Capo Press, August 1976. Trade Paperback. Struck by the magnificence of the Italian countryside from the time of her first sojourn there, our ranking novelist and lady of letters of the early 1900s--a renowned connoisseur--joined forces with the foremost illustrator of the time to celebrate a subject that was..... More
MIT Press (MA), November 2001. Cloth. The spectacularly successful transformation of Times Square has become a model for other cities. From its beginning as Longacre Square, Times Square's commercialism, signage, cultural diversity, and social tolerance have been deeply embedded in New York City's psyche. Its symbolic role guaranteed that any..... More