London: Frances Lincoln, 2009. First American Edition. Monograph on Lutyens' work on memorials, including the Cenotaph, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme at Thiepval, and more than 50 memorials public and private, throughout Britain and the world. First American edition. 29 cm; 224 pp.; illustrated from photographs and.....
Palm Beach: Star Group, 2014. First Edition. Monograph on Mizner's Palm Beach mansion, Villa Mizner, his home from 1924 until 1933, as well as other Mizner houses in Palm Beach. With chapters on the house's later owners and modifications. First edition. 29 cm; illustrated from photographs and drawings. A fine.....
New York: Privately Printed, 1913. Frank Woolworth’s privately printed edition of Schuyler’s essay on the recently completed building. Book designed by Bruce Rogers and illustrated by Earl Horter (with pencil signed lithograph as frontis.) and published in an edition of 1,000 copies, dedicated to the architect Cass Gilbert. The gothic.....
Providence: The Providence Foundation, 1985. Early plan for revitalizing the Providence, RI waterfront. "The study is structured on the basis of urban design and two-level public participation...guideline and objectives defined by public commentary; proposal reviewed by the public during the design process." But, also: "Motorists will enjoy a divided boulevard...continuing.....
New York: Sites Books, 1994. Twenty-four loose acetate plates of New York and Rome that, overlaid, map the fluid space of each city. McGrath’s drawings are a demonstration project recording fluctuations and changes in the spatial and political strucure of two urban landscapes over time. With User’s Guide providing text.....
Albany: New York State Department of Public Works, 1949. The results of a study showing the economic impact of improved highways on every county in New York state. Offering specific examples of usage, it develops the economic justification of the highway rehabilitation program, in which the early construction of the.....
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Kansas City, n.d. [1971]. Progress report from MRI [?] on the construction of the new Kansas City International Airport, begun in 1968. KCI was destined to be the TWA hub and the new airport was built around the TWA Airframe Overhaul complex designed and built to accommodate jumbos and SSTs.....
Sandusky: Matthews Engineering Co., 1919. Trade catalog for the Matthews Co., designers and manufacturers of domestic electric light and power plants. Showing applications for units in country houses, summer homes, farmhouses and buildings, houseboats, small resorts and inns, etc. The second half of the catalog shows detailed illustrations of power.....
Cleveland: Mathews Mfg., n.d. [c. 1918]. Catalog for the company’s Art-Portable products, including garages, summer houses, camps, outdoor and garden decorations, sleeping porches, play houses, poultry and farm buildings, etc. With an essay on birds and bird houses. Drawings and illustrations from various sources; with a few photographs of built.....
Zeeland: Herman Miller, Inc., 1991. Trade catalog for the the company’s office furniture, acknowledging the rapid changes in the design of office space, and presented in a "funky" free hand format with hand-printed text, watercolors, sketches, and photographs. Lots of ergonomics, 24 hr. workstations, tools, the way people sit, tips.....
Los Angeles: The authors, 1923. The Medical Edition of the building’s rental prospectus, showing sixteen plans and variations for medical offices in mock blueprint format, including plans for an eye specialist, an otolaryngologist, one-man and two-man office arrangements, etc. Designed by the Los Angeles firm of Walker & Eisen. Far.....
New York: McCall’s, 1947. Off-print of the Home of the Month for January, 1947, "designed to fit the family." Two versions of this house had been built when Stubbins, then an Assoc. Prof. of Architecture at Harvard, prepared plans and photographs for McCall’s readers, offering a set of blueprints for.....
London: RIBA, 1970. Brief monograph on the Dutch architect and urban planner’s career. With illustrations of his projects, his work in Russia with Ernst May, the founding of CIAM, selections from his writings, etc. Laid-in is program from the 1970 exhibtion of Stam’s work, including some of the items from.....
Chicago: Chicago Architecture Foundation, n.d. [c. 1979]. Texts of two letters written by John J. Glessner in 1923 describing the processes of hiring Richardson, as well as constructing and decorating the house with the architect. Interiors are described in detail and accompanied by period photographs. First edition. 28 cm; 20.....
El Croquis 49/50, 1991. 1991 issue devoted to the work of Enric Mirrales and Carme Pinos from 1988 to date. Text in English and Spanish. First edition. Folio; 251 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A good copy in original wrappers, from the library of Pei Cobb Freed Associates.....
London: ICA, 1983. Catalog for Miss’s installation Study for a Courtyard: Approach to a Stepped Pool at the ICA, part of the exhibition series Ten New Buildings. With text by Linker and illustrations of other of Miss’s work. First edition. 29.5 cm; 32 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. Bump.....
New York: Italian Cultural Institute, 1989. Catalog for the 1989 exhibition of drawings by the Veronese firm of work of the past decade, and competition entries. First edition. 22 cm; 20 pp. A fine copy in pictorial wrappers.
Hawaii: Mauna Lani Resort, 1990. Huge prospectus for Mauna Lani Grove, a development of five houses in the heart of the Mauna Lani hotel/resort/golf course, designed by Killingsworth, Stricker, Lindgren & Assoc. Plans and color drawings of house interiors by Carlos Diniz. First edition. 30.5 cm; 19 pp.; illustrated from.....
Washington: AIA, 1992. "The AIA & AAF have joined forces with the White House Historical Assoc. to create some wonderfully innovative materials to help Americans celebrate [the White House]. A major focus of our design celebration extends to the nation’s classrooms, and you have been especially selected to play a......
Vienna: City of Vienna, 1986. Catalog for the exhibition illustrating the three stages of 20th century Viennese housing: the Super Blocks of "Red Vienna" between the wars; post-war satellite towns from 1945 to 1980; contemporary projects of the 1980s. Showing new work by Peichl, Rob Krier, Coop Himmelblau, others. Text.....
Landscape Architecture April 1990. Issue devoted to Isamu Noguchi’s landscapes and works with stone, in Japan and the U.S. First edition. 30.5 cm; 112 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A very good copy in wrappers.
London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1951. A guide to the Festival of Britain’s architectural and planning exhibition at Lansbury, showing work by Jellicoe, Gibberd, Shepheard, others. Most projects shown with plan, photograph of model or perspective drawing. First edition. 24.5 cm; pp. xlviii (ads), 52; illustrated from photographs, plans, and.....
Boston: SAH, 1972. Illusrated guide for Candee’s tour of the two river valleys within a 30-mile radius of Providence, RI, examining mills, factories, and industrial villages. Offset-printed sheets stapled. 28 cm; 12 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. A good copy.
Palm Springs: Palm Springs Preservation Foundation, 2013. First Edition. Soft Cover. A survey of promotional material, sales brochures, and house designs of firms building during the Palm Springs vacation/leisure boom, from the late 1950s work of Palmer and Krisal, through the Mid-century peak of the 1960s. First edition. 21 cm;.....
Paris: Hyx Editions, 2017, 2017. First Edition. Hard Cover. Catalog for the 2017 exhibition at the Centre Pompidou of the work Eileen Gray. First edition. 64 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings.Text in English and French. A fine copy in laminated boards, published without a dust jacket.
