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New York: Random House, (1983). Originally published in 1962. Autobiography and instruction from a legendary designer who worked in England and Europe, and who published fewer books (one) than any known gardener in history. Second edition, with a new preface by the author. Illustrated from photographs. Splash marks to preliminary.....
Tokyo: Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai / the Society for International Cultural Relations, 1966. First Edition. Cloth. A history of the art of building and gardening in Japan from prehistoric times to the middle of the nineteenth century. Presenting the characteristics and techniques of traditional Japanese gardening and a survey of architectural.....
New York: The Port of New York Authority, 1940. The text is a copy of a letter from Moses to Mayor LaGuardia in which he submits "...a program to aid national defense by filling vital gaps in the present system of New York metropolitan vehicular arteries." He then goes on.....
New York: Knopf, 1956. Chronicle of the founding and rise to the top of the retail fashion world of the New York store Bergdorf Goodman. First edition. 21.5 cm; 244 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. Light staining to boards; wear to tips; spine faded; owner's name; else contents clean.....
New York: The Ukranian Museum, 1987. Catalog for the 1982 exhibition of photographs and drawings of the architecture of Kiev, buildings that were victims of war, revolution, and anti-ecclesiastical politics. Second printing. 21.5 cm; 64 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. Crease to front cover; else a very good.....
Boston: Birkauser, 1996. A documentation of the planning and redevelopment of the city center of Lille, with interviews with the main architects involved, Koolhaas, Nouvel, Portzamparc, Vasconi, and Duthilleul. First American edition. 30 cm; 191 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. Ink underlining to 13 pp.; else a good.....
Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover. The first part of the books is a history of the Jewish population in Hartford, CT, with facsimiles of documents, records, and letters. This is followed by a collection of biographical sketches of more than 1,100 Jews who have made important.....
Chicago: Struve Gallery, 1986. . . . Catalog for an exhibition of Wright’s glass and furniture from the Marin house (1904), the Avery Coonley commissions (1908-1912), and the Francis Little House (1912), "demonstrating...the development of a true modern aesthetic for our age." First edition. 28 cm; unpaged [30] illustrated from.....
N.P.: ORO, 2019. A documentation of the design for the expansion and renovation of the Yale University Art Gallery by Ennead Architects. One of a series of publications documenting the firm's work. First edition. 20 cm; 75 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawingas. A fine copy in wrappers.
N.P.: ORO, 2019. A documentation of the design and construction of the Cockrell School of Engineering's Engineering Education and Research Center at Austiin, TX by Ennead Architects. One of a series of publications documenting the firm's work. First edition. 20 cm; 89 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawingas. A......
N.P.: ORO, 2019. A documentation of the design and renovation of the Museum in Greensburg, PA by Ennead Architects. One of a series of publications documenting the firm's work. First edition. 20 cm; 82 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawingas. A fine copy in wrappers.
Cambridge: MIT, 1989. An examination of the way in which matter becomes material, how matter becomes capable of being integrated into design, and in the end becomes part of a product. "Less matter, more information." A theoretical, historical, analytical, experimental, and technical study of the process. 30 cm; 255 pp.;.....
Darmstadt: Koch, 1926. A monograph on Koch's house designed by the architect F. A. Breuhaus, and his art collection. Text in German. First edition. 32.5 cm; pp. (12), 16; 110 plates of photographs of house and interiors; 34 plates of art and sculpture. Contents fine in very good gilt-stamped vellum.....
Zurich: Girsberger, 1963. The first volume of the collected works of Finnish modernist Alvar Aalto to 1963, featuring architectural work and furniture designs. Text in English, German, and French. First edition. 23 cm; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A very good copy or better in original gray cloth, in.....
Paris: 1946. First Edition. Paperback. Issue devoted to the work of Richard Neutra. A detailed survey of his work and projects including houses, apartment buildings, schools, housing developments, mostly in California, to 1946, and planned projects for Puerto Rico. Issue also includes 2-page look at a Dymaxion house by Buckminster.....
New York: Rizzoli, 2008. First Edition. Hard Cover. A biography of the legendary designer and decorator by his son. With material on his major commissions, family and personal life, his influential books, and his garden design work. First edition. 30 cm; 301 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. Gift inscription;.....
New York: Rizzoli, 2009. Extensive monograph on the work of the great American designer and decorator. With a history of his early influences, his firm and its major commissions, and with texts of Baldwin's "Decorating Today" lectures. First edition. 30.5 cm; 255 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. A very.....
New York: Weatherhill, 1978. An extensively illustrated monograph on the Sukiya style of house design, as found in Japan. The Sukiya style "freed Japanese architecture from its bondage to the symbolism of status, and set it on the road to true individuality of expression." Second printing. 36.5 cm; 218 pp.;.....
New York: NYSID, 2004. First Edition. Based on the catalog for an exhibition of Hadley's drawn work, this edition expanded to include Hadley's own comments on projects, as well as appreciations from colleagues Mark Hampton, Mario Buatta, Thomas Jayne, Bunny Williams, others. First edition. 28 cm; 175 pp; illustrated from.....
New York: Rizzoli, 2011. Hard Cover. "Here are hundreds of beautiful designs to inspire anyone planning an event--from an intimate dinner for two to a large formal celebration." Perfect for party planning, weddings, family holidays, etc. Second printing. 30 cm; 210 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A fine copy in illustrated.....
Rotterdam : nai010 Publishers, 2017. An exploration of "the tactical evolution of architecture, bringing together discussions on ethical and legal constraints, genealogy, reference, geometry, and psychology with art historical evidence that copying might be older--more original even---than originality." First edition. 21 cm; 424 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings.....
New York: Monacelli, 2017. The professional autobiography of Robertson, an engineer specializing in architectural projects. Recounting his work with Yamasaki, Birkerts, Philip Johnson, Kikutake, Pei, KPF, others. First edition. 25.5 cm; 335 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. Bump to bottom tip of rear board; else a very good.....
New York: Routledge, 2010. The first full-length account of the Metabolist movement focusing on its urbanism and utopianism. Featuring work by Tange, Isozaki, Kurokawa, Maki, Kikutake, others. First paperback edition. 23.5 cm; 270 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in wrappers. Paperback.
Kent: Kent State Press, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. Monograph on the Cleveland work of Henry E. Weeks and Frank R. Walker, the most influential architectural firm in the first half of the 20th century, transforming Cleveland from the status of an overgrown Victorian Train stop into a progressive city.....
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum. Catalog for the 2007 exhibition at the Carnegie Museum featuring 17 examples of recent work in London. Includes projects by David Adjaye, others. First edition. 28 cm; 112 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A very good copy in pictorial wrappers.
