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Christopher Alexander's influential, beloved and innovative text in the rare first printing.
Condition: Very Good, light soiling and spotting to dust jacket; micro-foxing to top text block.
Item #1597
Issue No. 6 of the hardcover edition of the architectural journal, Lotus, with features and articles on Arata Isozaki, James Stirling, Louis Kahn and Cesar Pelli, plus an article on "The Decline and Fall of the Architectural Profession in the United States", and much more. Text in English and Italian.
Condition: Very Good, light foxing along top of boards; light edgewear and tiny corner bumps to boards; dustjacket and band in very nice condition; interior clean and bright.
Item #1669
In this out of print contemporary classic, influential architect and theorist Stan Allen proposes a series of new architectural strategies for the contemporary city. Organized in the form of a user's manual, it juxtaposes texts outlining Allen's theoretical principles with his projects, in which those principles are demonstrated in practice. Finding inspiration in the artistic minimalism and postminimalism of the 1970s, Allen uses the city's vitality and infrastructure to support projects that reflect and augment the urban experience. Included in this volume are three essays by Allen along with six.....
Item #1665
A complete run of 51 issues of Log: Observations on Architecture and the Contemporary City, spanning the years 2003-2021 and including issues number 1-51 (issues #52 and 53 were published in Fall and Summer 2021). With extras/inserts included, such as the postcards produced for various issues, 3-D glasses (issue 17), and a rear view mirror air freshener tree (issue 8), although it is unknown if all extras/inserts are included. Most issues out of print. Some issues with the previous owner's architecture company stamp to first page (see image). Log has.....
Item #1457
The first printing of Eisenman's "Diagram Diaries," the illustrated chronicle showcasing his work to date of publication, exploring his design process and with essays by Eisenman. Out of print.
Condition: Very Good, light sunning to spine; light yellowing around pages edges; previous owner's architecture stamp on the half-title page and ghosting on the inside front cover flap.
Item #1558
The scarce special issue of AV Monographs on Rem Koolhaas and the Office of Metropolitan Architecture, covering projects from 2000 to 2015. Includes 20 works and 10 projects from around the world, plus essays. Printed in full color. Text in Spanish and English. Out of print/scarce.
Condition: Fine.
Item #1567
Over 1,000 pages of images, drawings and maquettes from the Hungarian-born French architect, urban planner and designer best known for his manifesto on mobile architecture. Illustrated in black and white and color, with drawings
and photographs. Text in English and French. Out of print and scarce.
Condition: Very Good+, light scuffing to covers; .5" bump along spine edge of front cover.
Item #841
A mid-century classic and the signature work on urban planning by Ludwig Hilberseimer, who taught at the Bauhaus institute in Dessau before emigrating to the USA to avoid persecution under the Nazi regime. Signed by him and dated 1944 on the title page. Hilberseimer was also the Director of Urban development for the City of Chicago. He was a friend and colleague of Mies van der Rohe, and together they designed the Lafayette Park urban redevelopment project in Detroit. Van der Rohe contributes the introduction to this book. Hilberseimer's work.....
Item #1622
A massive oversized catalogue raisonné on the complete work of the architects Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan. A definitive and impressive book on the important work of these influential architects who defined architecture at the beginning of the 20th Century. Wonderful photography in black and white with select color images. Out of print and scarce. Due to size and weight, an additional shipping fee of $10 will be added at checkout.
Condition: Near Fine, light edgewear and minor scuffing to DJ; previous owner's architectural stamp on half-title page.
Item #1605
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.....
Item #1541
The Walker Art Center published Design Quarterly from 1954-1993 which covered subjects such as architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, product and graphic design. This issue focused on the Thirteenth Triennale held in Milan in 1964, an international exhibition of architecture and decorative arts. The United States participated for the first time at the Thirteenth Triennale, a representation organized by the designer Jack Lenor Larsen. With silver metallic printing on the cover and a few interior pages.
Condition: Very Good, very faint scuffing to front cover; soft crease to top corner.....
Item #624
The rare, oversize 1969 spiralbound first printing of Paola Soleri's Arcology: The City in the Image of Man, with extensive notes neatly written on the first pages by the previous owner "from a 2-hour discussion with Soleri in History of Modern Architecture class" on April 23, 1971. Also written on the first page is "Corcoran Gallery, Washington (D.C.) 5th February 1970, C.S. Rhym" and it is assumed this is where the book was purchased. Other books from this collection note place and date purchased. Also with underlining and notes to.....
Item #1646
Established initially in London in 1980 and based in Germany since 1988, the architectural office of Bolles + Wilson has firmly established itself as a leading international practice. This monograph chronicles a variety of projects alongside more than 25 recent buildings that are surveyed through different chapters that cover such areas as urban planning, projects in different foreign countries, library architecture and specific designs for the Dutch city of Rotterdam. Accompanied by texts from Julia Bolles-Wilson and Peter Wilson, and including color photographs throughout, technical drawings, models and sketches. Out.....
Item #1668
The August 2006 special issue of Architecture and Urbanism (A+U) on Herzog & de Meuron projects from 2002-2006. With completed works and projects examined in detail, including the Walker Art Center, the de Young Museum, Prada Aoyama Epicenter, the Astor Place Hotel (in collaboration with Rem Koolhaas), various international projects and more. Printed in full color.Text in English and Japanese. Out of print/scarce.
Condition: Near Fine, previous owner's architecture firm stamp to fourth page; reader's crease to spine.
Item #1566
The January 1993 special issue of Architecture and Urbanism (A+U) on Atelier 5, the firm founded in 1955 in Bern, Switzerland by five architects: Erwin Fritz, Samuel Gerber, Rolf Hesterberg, Hans Hostettler and Alfredo Pini; and later joined by Niklaus Morgenthaler. Covering 14 projects in detail, with essays by Werner Blaser, Norman Foster, Gunter Behnisch and others. Text in English and Japanese. Out of print.
Condition: Very Good, previous owner's architecture firm stamp to table of contents page; light edgewear and corner bump to back lower corner; scratch to back.....
Item #1565
