Shin Takamatsu
Rizzoli, April 1993. Trade Paperback.
Architecture
California Bungalows of the Twenties
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.....
Frank Lloyd Wright: A gatefold portfolio
Barnes & Noble Books, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). A fine copy; no dust jacket. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.
The Bungalow: America's Arts and Crafts Home
Penguin Books, November 1995. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. The essential popularity of the California bungalow style, which made it one of the most prolific housing styles in American architectural history, and which quickly spread throughout the country, was due to its economy of.....
Hypernatural: Architecture's New Relationship with Nature (Architecture Briefs)
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 Metal Store Fronts (promotional brochure)
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.
Manual of Information (Cover title: 'Manual of the American Institute of Architects')
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.....
Frank Lloyd Wright: His Contribution to the Beauty of American Life. House Beautiful, Vol. 98, No. 11, November, 1955
The Hearst Corporation, 1955. Trade Paperback. House Beautiful, Vol. 98, No. 11, November, 1955. Entire issue devoted to the work of Wright, pp. 233-382 (some pages with only ads). Illustrations in color and B/W. First edition (first printing). Very good copy in color illustrated wrappers (paperback). Rear cover with 1.....
Hand-Hewn: The Art of Building Your Own Cabin
Chronicle Books, 1976. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
John Galen Howard (dissolution of partnership file)
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.....
A Guide to the World's Greatest Buildings: Masterpieces of Architecture and Engineering
Fog City Press, 2002. Hardcover.
Architecture: Form, Space and Order
Van Nostrand Reinhold, January 1979. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Classical Orders of Architecture
Rizzoli, 1987. Trade Paperback. 160 pages. B/W illustrations throughout. Reprint edition, 1987. A near fine copy in illustrated black wrappers (paperback).
Specifications for Drury House
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.....
Specifications: Residence for Mrs. Bruce Bonny (Sausalito, California)
John Galen Howard and Associates. 1924. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Approximately 44 typed mimeographed pages printed on recto. Specifications for excavation and Concrete, Brickwork, Carpentry, Roofing and Roof Tile, etc. John Galen Howard (1864-1931) moved to San Francisco in 1901 to execute the Hearst Plan as the supervising architect of.....
Aldo van Eyck
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.....
Architecture and Empire in Jamaica
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.....
Specifications for Women's Faculty Club, University of California, Berkeley, California
John Galen Howard, n.d., [1918]. Trade Paperback. Approximately 140 typed mimeographed pages. Title page, table of contents, notice to bidders and specifications. Specifications for excavation and grading, concrete work, brick work, structural steel, roofing and sheet metal, exterior cement finish, etc. Forms of Contract and Bond, and Form of Proposal.....
typed letters signed (2 letters)
John Galen Howard, 1923. Ephemera. Letters typed on single sheet, 11 x 8.5 inches. John Galen Howard (1864-1931) moved to San Francisco in 1901 to execute the Hearst Plan as the supervising architect of the Master Plan of the University of California and for the founding of the University's architectural.....
Specifications for General Work, Training Quarters, California Memorial Stadium, University of California, Berkeley, California
John Galen Howard, 1924. Trade Paperback. Approximately 50 typed mimeographed pages. Specifications for excavation and grading, concrete, brick, tile, plastering, painting, heating and electric work. John Galen Howard (1864-1931) moved to San Francisco in 1901 to execute the Hearst Plan as the supervising architect of the Master Plan of the.....
A Chart for Changing Cities: A Progress Report on Urban Redevelopment, Reviewing the Record to Date and Surveying Future Possibilities
California Housing & Planning Association, 1944. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 20 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated white wrappers (paperback).
Spaces Speak, Are You Listening?: Experiencing Aural Architecture
The MIT Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 437 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. We experience spaces not only by seeing but also by listening. We can navigate a room in the dark, and "hear" the emptiness of a house without.....
Henry Hobson Richardson and His Works
Dover Publications, 1969. Trade Paperback. Although he was known in his own time as a leader of the so-called Romanesque Revival, the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-86) is today regarded as one of the pioneers of modern architecture -- a man who, in the words of Lewis Mumford, "created.....
Foster and Partners (Archipockets)
Te Neues Publishing Company, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 79 pages. Numerous color illustrations and B/W drawings. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
Rem Koolhaas / Oma
Te Neues Publishing Company, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 79 pages. Numerous color illustrations with B/W drawings. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Rem Koolhaas (Rotterdam,1944) studied architecture at the AA in London--where he went on to become a lecturer--and at the IAUS in.....