Retracing Tschumi's architectural inquiry over three decades and exploring such architectural issues as the relationship of spaces to the events that take place inside them, movement vectors and surrounding envelopes, and the innovative notion of the concept-form, the book argues that what distinguishes architecture from "building" is the ideas and concepts it embodies. Over 750 pages, fully illustrated with hundreds of color images, photography, drawings and schematics. Out of print/scarce.

Condition: Near Fine, previous owner's architecture stamp to front free endpaper.
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The rare first printing of "Cedric Price: Works II" published by the Architectural Association of London in 1984 to coincide with their exhibit in June of that year. With essays and images in black and white of projects, both realized and unrealized, by the British visionary architect, teacher and writer who often created utopian and theoretical visions of progressive and transformational architecture. With unique die-cut tabs for the sections of the book, including "Action and Inaction," "Time and Being, "Uncertainty and the delight of the Unknown, "Beneficial Change and Inevitable.....
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The 1920 second printing of 500 copies by Orientalia of Yone Noguchi's "Seen & Unseen, or Monologues of an Homeless Snail." Signed by Noguchi and with his chop opposite the title page. The book of verse was first published in 1897 and written by Noguchi as a young man in the San Francisco Bay area. Noguchi is the father of the contemporary sculptor Isamu Noguchi. The handsome historiated initials (the flourished letters at beginning of a verse) and the cover decoration were designed by Gelett Burgess. From the collection of.....
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The first printing of Edward Camy's "good-natured" pictorial map for The Alaska Line of the Alaska Steamship company, showing the steamship route plus "suggesting some of the most interesting features of the Territory". Camy's whimsical drawings on the map include moose, bears, mountains, hunters, prospectors, walruses, sled dogs, reindeer, canned fish, oil fields, caribou, and other regional attributes. Seattle was the home of the Alaska Steamship Company and "the Alaska Line is Alaska's most important transportation link to with the States...this is America's last frontier, America's most varied Vacationland." Also.....
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A rare copy (in French) of fairy tale No. 4 in Takejiro Hasegawa's Japanese Fairy Tale Series, a delightful series of books featuring wood-block prints on crepe paper that were produced in Japan at the beginning of the 20th century. The full series included 20+ volumes, and this one is the story of two old men (neighbors), one who was greedy and vindictive and experienced a terrible fate, and the other a kind man who had much better luck. The series was produced in English, French, German and Spanish although.....
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Fairy Tale No. 10 in the delightful wood-block on crepe paper books produced by Takejiro Hasegawa in Japan at the beginning of the 20th century. The full "Japanese Fairy Tale Series" included 20+ volumes, this one the sweet story of mother and her child who remembers her by seeing herself in a mirror, humbly thinking the beautiful vision before her (herself) is the memory of her mother. Created for the Western market, the paper used was a high quality wood with no rag content. Hasegawa's books were known for their.....
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The "Special Surprise Issue" (No. 5) of Oz Magazine, one of the rare oversized fold-out posters published for only a few issues. This edition the iconic "Plant a Flower Child" poster designed by Martin Sharp. Oz was an independently published, alternative/underground magazine associated with the international counterculture of the 1960s. First published in Sydney, a parallel version was published in London starting in 1967. The Australian magazine was published until 1969 and the British version until 1973. The back rails against the "Alf Conspiracy," "...a bizarre cult of grey, short-haired.....
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A poster commemorating 100 years of struggle for Puerto Rican independence. The Puerto Rican flag is shown framed in bullets. On September 23, 1868 the Lares uprising was the first major revolt against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico. Text in English, Spanish, French and Arabic. Published by OSPAAAL, the Organization of Solidarity of the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America, with their logo in the lower right. OSPAAAL was established in Cuba in 1966.

Condition: Fair, with overall waviness to poster likely from previous moisture; some edgewear and chips.....
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A poster for two nights of Portland punk at the short-lived punk "club" Pacific Academy featuring Bop Zombies, the Rats, Cleavers, UHF and Preppies on July 18 and Sado-Nation, Stiphnoids, Smegma, Dots and Briefcases on July 19. Produced by Mark Sten's Alternative Arts Association and featured on page 201 of his 2015 book "All Ages: The Rise and Fall of Portland Punk,1977-1981", which also features the story of Pacific Academy, a youth vocational school that allowed punk shows in the evening for a short time.

Condition: Fine, like new.
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The concert poster for the Hellcows, Monomen and Dirty Bird at the Blue Gallery on May 26, 1990. Poster design by Mike King (also the drummer in the Hellcows) and featuring a drawing at center by longtime Portland musician/artist Sean Croghan. The Blue Gallery was a punk/rock club and art gallery run by Tim Brooks in NW Portland for a few years, circa 1989-1990.

Condition: Very Good, with six areas of staple holes from being stapled on a telephone pole, otherwise surprisingly very clean.
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The poster for the Melvins and Enemy Mine at Berbati's Pan on June 14, 1999. Poster design by Guy Burwell who designed many posters for Berbati's and Satyricon in the late 1990s and early 2000s. A Mike Thrasher production, sponsored by The Rocket magazine.

Condition: Fair/Good, with the usual holes, tears and creasing from being stapled to a telephone pole.
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The 11x17 poster for the 12/31/80 concert at the short-lived punk "club" Pacific Academy featuring the Rats, Poison Idea, Bop Zombies, Sado-Nation, Imperialist Pigs, Preps, Dots and Braphsmears. Produced by Mark Sten's Alternative Arts Association and featured on page 272 of his 2015 book "All Ages: The Rise and Fall of Portland Punk,1977-1981"

Condition: Fine, like new.
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