The International Magazine of Architecture, this issue features an international survery of architectural conversions including a convent into a law school (Italy), a wharf into a village (Boston), a palace into a hotel (India), a cliff house into a museum (Spain), a mill into a studio (New Jersey), and a feature on James Stirling's training center for the Olivetti Corporation, among other articles.

Condition: Very Good, some scuffing to covers.
Item #206

More about Architecture Plus: March/April 1974; Vol. 2, No. 2

The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The cover design and focus of the magazine at the time was revolutionary and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue features Case Study House No. 24 by A. Quincy.....
Item #207

More about Arts & Architecture: December 1961

The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The cover design and focus of the magazine at the time was revolutionary and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue features articles on Interbau in West Berlin, Case Study.....
Item #223

More about Arts & Architecture: July 1961; Vol. 78, No. 7

A lovely monograph on Koloman Moser (1868-1918), an Austrian artist who had a great influence on 20th Century graphic art and who was one of the foremost artists of the Vienna Secession movement and a co-founder of Wiener Werkstätte. During his lifetime he designed a wide array of works: books, postage stamps, fashion, stained glass, ceramics, tableware, silver, jewelry, furniture and paintings. Color and black and white illustrations and photographs. Out of print. Text in French.

Condition: Fine.
Item #509

More about Koloman Moser; Art Graphique, Art Appliqué, Peinture

Documents the fashion designer Emilio Pucci's career covering four decades of his designs, textile craft and the history of building his company. The book is bound in genuine Pucci fabric. No dust jacket as issued. Out of print.

Condition: Fine.
Item #360

More about Pucci: A Renaissance in Fashion

The rare, wonderfully-designed and extensive monograph on the groundbreaking Japanese designer Takenobu Igarashi, who first gained international acclaim for his axonometric alphabets in the mid-1970s. In 1979 the Swiss magazine Graphis featured his work, and continued to do so in four other issues through 1988. In the 1980s Igarashi taught at UCLA, helped establish Japan's first computerized design education program, and gave a keynote speech at the Aspen Design Conference. Along with his work for brand identities and logos, he was also a central figure in advancing product design. In...
Item #1051

More about Igarashi Space Graphics: Design for Communication, Design for Environment, Design for Design

The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The cover design and focus of the magazine at the time was revolutionary and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue features articles on six Philadelphia architects: Robert Geddes, Aldo.....
Item #215

More about Arts & Architecture: April 1965; Vol. 82, No. 4

The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The cover design and focus of the magazine at the time was revolutionary and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue features articles on Case Study House No. 21 by.....
Item #209

More about Arts & Architecture: August 1958; Vol. 75, No. 8

The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The cover design and focus of the magazine at the time was revolutionary and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue features articles on Case Study House No 27, a......
Item #220

More about Arts & Architecture: June 1963; Vol. 80, No. 6

The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The cover design and focus of the magazine at the time was revolutionary and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S.This issue features articles on architects Marcel Sedletzky, Angelo Mangiarotti, John Lautner.....
Item #224

More about Arts & Architecture: June 1965; Vol. 82, No. 6

The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The cover design and focus of the magazine at the time was revolutionary and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue features articles on A. Quincy Jones and Frederick E......
Item #214

More about Arts & Architecture: May 1966; Vol. 83, No. 4

The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The cover design and focus of the magazine at the time was revolutionary and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue features articles on Le Corbusier, houses by George Vernon.....
Item #226

More about Arts & Architecture: September 1963; Vol. 80, No. 9