Rizzoli, March 2012. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good belly band. Showcasing one hundred years of innovation and environmental sensitivity, Handmade Houses celebrates some of the world's most idiosyncratic homes from Big Sur to Sardinia. Author Richard Olsen unveils the components used for their construction, including driftwood.....
Academy Press, April 2002. Trade Paperback. Second edition. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Features extensive illustrations. * Commercially available products are compared with the work of leading designers. * Publication of the Second Edition is to coincide with a major exhibition, "Living in Motion," co-currated by the author...
Bloomsbury USA, May 2013. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). The New York Times bestselling, award winning story of the construction of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence and the Renaissance genius who reinvented architecture to build it. On August 19, 1418, a competition concerning Florence's.....
Dover Publications, February 2005. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). In 1916, New York City enacted zoning laws that mandated the building of "set-back" structures so that light and air would be more freely admitted into the streets below. This concept was first proposed by Louis Sullivan in his.....
Joe Hansen, n.d. ca. 1980. Photograph. 2 page typed description by Hansen of the energy-efficient design of the Rugo residence in Benicia, Hansen's first green building. With 2 color photographs of the completed structure. A near fine copy of description and photographs.
Shokokusha, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. 200 pages. B/W photographs. Preface, introduction and captions in English and Japanese. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has 3 inch closed tear top of spine and edge and corner wear. The clear plastic wrapper over.....
International Publications, Inc., 1931. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 31 pages. Frontispiece photographic image of author. Pamphlet argues that using an architect in building a home or business may save money. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in pale green wrappers (paperback).
California Homes, 1936. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 63 pages. Includes 'California Homes Portfolio of Home Plans and Building Costs' for Plans No. 24-53 by named architects and builders, each with drawing of home and floor plan. Additional articles and charts of 'California Homes Cost Chart,' and 'Cost of Building a......
Architectural Book Publishing Company, 1990. Hardcover. 248 pages. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. Profusely illustrated from black-and-white photographs. Third printing. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.
Boston Architectural Club, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. 246 pages. 11 x 13.75 inches. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in green paper over boards and dark green cloth covers. Edge and corner wear. No dust jacket.
Black Dog & Leventhal, September 2016. Hardcover. For dreamers of escaping to a cozy cabin in the great outdoors, Your Cabin in the Woods is a classic work that not only makes this a reality, but also imparts a deeper appreciation of nature and homebuilding. Author Conrad E. Meinecke has.....
Sothebys Pubns, August 1996. Trade Paperback. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. A unique study, linking social history with architecture and garden design, this is an intriguing and detailed account of the ornamental garden structures which were created for the French monarchy and royal circles from.....
Random House Inc, May 1984. Trade Paperback.
Rizzoli, April 1993. Trade Paperback.
Dover Publications, March 1993. Trade Paperback. This unabridged reprint of a rare Wilson catalog of the period contains front or front-angled elevations, floor plans and interior sketches for dozens of authentic bungalows, many of them unique to the California landscape. Together they provide a broad cross section of bungalow designs.....
Barnes & Noble Books, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). A fine copy; no dust jacket. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.
Princeton Architectural Press, April 2015. Trade Paperback. Despite the ever-growing sophistication of synthetic and digital tools, it's the natural world that captures the imaginations of today's vanguard designers. By looking to nature as a teacher rather than simply as a source for raw materials, pioneers in the emerging biomimicry movement.....
Capital Bronze Corporation, n.d., ca. 1950s. Trade Paperback. Single sheet, 11 x 17 inches, folded once to create 4 pages. Illustrated in B/W photographs of sample store fronts on rear with product samples illustrated inside. AIAFile No. 26B-1. Sheet No. 201. Very good copy.
American Institute of Architects, 1925. Trade Paperback. 23 pages. B/W illustrations of Octagon House and various medals. Octagon House became the headquarters for the AIA in 1898 and served as such until the 1960s. It is now a museum operated by the AIA Foundation. First edition (first printing). A near.....
1925. Ephemera. 36 sheets, written/typed on verso only. Various versions of the 'Retirement of Partners' document between John Galen Howard, E. Geoffrey Bangs and Henry Temple Howard (parties of the first part, remaining under name of John Galen Howard & Associates) and Henry C. Collins and Charles F. B. Roeth.....
Fog City Press, 2002. Hardcover.
Rizzoli, 1987. Trade Paperback. 160 pages. B/W illustrations throughout. Reprint edition, 1987. A near fine copy in illustrated black wrappers (paperback).
John Galen Howard and Associates, ca. 1924. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Unpaginated, 27 pages, printed on blueprint in white. Specifications for excavation and concrete, brickwork, carpentry, etc., John Galen Howard (1864-1931) moved to San Francisco in 1901 to execute the Hearst Plan as the supervising architect of the Master Plan.....
Yale University Press, May 2015. Hardcover. A fine copy, still sealed in original shrinkwrap. A comprehensive look at the life and work of one of the 20th century's most influential architects Aldo van Eyck (1918-1999) was a Dutch architect, writer, and teacher who helped redefine Modern architecture in the second.....
Yale University Press, March 2016. Hardcover. A fine copy, in original shrinkwrap. Through Creole houses and merchant stores to sugar fields and boiling houses, Jamaica played a leading role in the formation of both the early modern Atlantic world and the British Empire. Architecture and Empire in Jamaica offers the.....