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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. With black and white, and color illustrations and photographs. Text in English and French. Out of print.
Condition: Very Good+, light scuffing to covers; .25" bump/tear to lower left front cover at spine.
Item #841
The out-of-print first edition of Albert Pope's "Ladders," a modern classic of urbanism. Pope examines five post-war American cities and the upheavals, expansions, and technological developments that precipitated a change from the open urban grid to the fragmented and closed spaces of suburban cul-de-sacs, expressways, and office parks. Utilizing a series of diagrams and photographs, along with essays, Pope reveals how the character of urban space has become shaped more by sociological effects rather than built forms. Published as part of the "Architecture at Rice" (University) series of books and...
Item #1042
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
