Konemann, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 300 pages. 11 by 12-3/4 inches. This book describes and depicts the architecture and history of royal palaces and gardens in Potsdam from 1600 C.E. through the middle of the 20th century. The text is presented in German, English, and French throughout. Illustrated with full.....
University of Chicago Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 384 pages. 9 by 10-1/2 inches. Monograph of artist and architect Josef Frank. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and drawings. Also includes approximately 24 pages of color plates in two insets. Page count includes approximately 121 pages of end matter comprised of.....
Birkhäuser, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 365 numbered pages. 9-3/4 by 11-5/16 inches. A collection of full color photographs of the architect Dominique Perrault's work, with text by the artist describing their process, art, and philosophy. Also includes brief texts from other architects and critics about Perrault's works. First edition (first.....
Academy Editions, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 256 pages. 9-1/2 by 12 inches. A monograph of the work of Slovenian architect Joze Plecnik. Fully illustrated throughout including approximately 36 full-color plates in three separate inset segments. Text includes biographical information as well as critical examination of the artist's work. First edition.....
Owner-Builder Publicatiosn, 1976. Trade Paperback. 173 pages. Case studies of people who ran afoul of building code restrictions in the wake of the back-to-the-land movement in Northern California, and the formation of the political group United Stand that was formed to advocate for the rights of owner-builders. Illustrated in black-and-white.....
Yale University Press, December 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Minor edge wear. A large, heavy book. This ambitious book is about a way of building that for centuries dominated.....
Rizzoli International Publications, 1994. Unknown. 224 pages. Near fine in a dust jacket with a bit of edge wear. The most comprehensive analysis in English of the architect's spectacular career.
Rizzoli International Publications, October 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with only slight rubbing to front and back panels. Perhaps more than any other architect practicing today, Peter Eisenman has made a career out of devising a dialectic.....
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 769 pages. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A large, heavy book. Winner of the Publications Award given by the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians and an Honorable Mention in the Architecture and.....
Dover Publications, January 2005. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Originally published over 130 years ago by one of America's leading architectural firms, this volume provided prospective homeowners and other customers with a wide range of design alternatives. While the collection includes elevations and floor plans for a variety of handsome.....
Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom. A rich, fascinating saga of the most influential, far-reaching architectural firm of their time and of the dazzling triumvirate--Charles McKim, William Mead, and Stanford White--who.....
Carol Southern Books, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. A profile of I.M. Pei, the architectural visionary of such buildings as the Kennedy Library, chronicles his privileged Shanghai upbringing, his Harvard education, and his relationships with famous clients.....
Harry N. Abrams, November 2001. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Remainder mark on the bottom of the pageblock. A large, heavy book. People have shaped the landscape around them since prehistoric times, creating places as diverse in form and meaning as Stonehenge, the Forbidden City of.....
Princeton Architectural Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 181 pages. 10 by 12-1/2 inches. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Top corners of fore-edge bumped. The Hamptons, New York's fashionable summer beach resorts, are well known as weekend havens for city-dwellers who relish their idyllic.....
Reinhold, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 200 pages. 8-1/2 by 10-1/2 inches. An examination of the work of Bernard Maybeck, Irving Gill, Charles and Henry Greene, and R. M. Schindler. Profusely illustrated in black-and-white. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with wear to.....
Rizzoli International Publications, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
Gibbs Smith Publishers, 2007. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Nice copy. This work examines the momentous five-year period when one of the world's greatest architects and one of the world's greatest cities coexisted. The authors brings each of these unequalled characters to life...
Harry N. Abrams, 1996. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
VikingStudio, 2002. Hardcover. Heavily illustrated in color. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Virtually no other form of American architecture is as widespread or as popular as the Spanish Revival style. From bungalows and mansions to gas stations and government buildings, its influence--and its fans--can be.....
Yale University Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. This study traces the development of American architecture from the age of Jefferson to the antebellum era, providing a survey of this important period. W. Barksdale Maynard overturns the.....
Dover Publications, June 1960. Trade Paperback. A paperback copy in very good condition. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, a Roman architect and engineer flourishing in the first century B.C., was the author of the oldest and most influential work on architecture in existence. For hundreds of years, the specific instructions he gave.....
Labyrinth Enterprises, November 2014. Trade Paperback. A paperback copy in very good condition.
Taunton Press, April 2006. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. There are hundreds of books on the market about designing the interior of a home, but none for homeowners that focuses on the design of a home's exterior. And yet the exterior of the house.....
HMH Books for Young Readers, October 2000. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Why this shape and not that? Why steel instead of concrete or stone? Why put it here and not over there? These are the kinds of questions that David Macaulay asks himself.....
W. W. Norton & Company, September 1996. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. The story of modern architecture is told here through the lives and works of three men who changed the face of the cities we live in: France's Le Corbusier, Germany's Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and America's.....