CAC Hadid Studio Yale
New York, New York, U.S.A. Monacelli Pr, 2002. First edition. Illustrated. VG.
Architecture
Critical Productive: A Journal of Architecture Urbanism and Cultural Theory : V1.1 Theoretic Action (Autumn 2011)
First edition. Oblong 4to; 135 pp.; illustrated. Justin Doro on Washington DC; branding the 1968 olympics; Selma; etc.
RES 34 Autumn 1998: Architecture
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Peabody Museum of Archaeology &, 1998. Fine copy. Inlcudes articles by or about Jospeh Rykwert, renaissance architectural literature, serlio's military city, etc.
Stanley Saitowitz: A House in the Transvaal
New York, New York, U.S.A. Princeton Architectural Pr, 1995. Very good copy in original silver wrappers. Illustrated first edition.
Jade 16 West 19th Street
Brooklyn: 16 West 19th LLC, N.d [2010]. Finally. I thought it would never happen but there is now a building in New York named for Jade Jagger. But the real star here is Andy Warhol. He'd been dead for about 80 years by the time this thing was published, but.....
Cultural References
Copenhagen: 3XN A/S, n.d. [2012]. Catalog for the Danish firm showing recent completed works and projects. Works include museums, entertainment venues, and commercial spaces, mostly in Scandinavia and the Netherlands. First edition. 29.5 cm; 96 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. Creasing to rear cover; else a very good copy.....
Mind Your Behaviour: How Architecture Shapes Behaviour
Copenhagen: Danish Architecture Center, 2010. Catalog of work by 3xn, shown initially at the 2010 exhibition "Mind Your Behaviour" at DAC. Focuses on the architectural practice of 3XN and its influence on contemporary Danish and international architecture. First edition. 8vo (24 cm); 261 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. A......
The Residences at Worldwide Plaza: Amended and Restated Condominium Offering Plan
New York: 49/50 Plaza Partners, L. P., 2003. Condominium offering plan for the sale of 281 residential units and 15 storage room units at Worldwide Plaza. the SOM/David childs building at 350 W. 50th Street in New York City. With floor plans for all units. 27.5 cm; 630 pp.; illustrated.....
The Recent Nine Works By Venturi and Rauch : A + U 78:01
Tokyo: A& U, 1978. First edition. Minor wear to top of spine; esle a very good copy in original pictorial wrappers. January 1978 (No. 87) issue of this Japanese periodical, this with a 60-page special section featuring nine recent works by Ventury and Rauch. Text in Japanese and English...
Projects and Final Buildings Volume III /Projets et Dernieres Oeuvres / Projekte Und Letzte Bauten
Zürich: Artemis, (1978). First edition. Oblong 4to; 240 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. Owner's embossed stamp to endpaper; else a very good copy or better in original cloth in a verygood dust jacket with light wear to top of spine. The third and final volume of the collected.....
Synopsis; Painting, Architecture, Sculpture: Malerei, Architektur, Skulptur Peinture, Architecture, Sculpture
Birkhauser Verlag,1970, 1970. First edition. Oblong 4to; 240 pp.; illusrated from phoographs, plans, and drawings. Owner's name; spotting to top edge; else a very good copy in original black boards in a good, slightly worn and rolled dust jacket. A survey of Aalto's writings,achitecture, painting, sculpture, and other graphic arts.....
Civil Engineering:History, Heritage, and the Humanities /Commemorating the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Robert Maillart
Princeton: Princeton University, 1972. Background papers for the Second National Conference devoted to the work of the Swiss engineer and bridge designer. With contributions from David Billington and Robert Mark.First edition. 4to; 102 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A very good copy in original wrappers.
Aberthaw Engineering - Construction Service
Boston: Aberthaw Co., (1925). First edition. 4to; 32 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A fine copy in original string-bound wrappers with illustration affixed to front cover. Trade catalog for the Boston-based construction/engineering company, showing examples of factory and office buildings, dams, drydocks, etc. built around the country.
Abi Chelsea
New York: Abillama, n.d. (2017). Promotional book for the Lebanese firm’s initial foray into Manhattan real estate, a small ten-apartment 12-story building at 455 West 19th Street. Illustrated with computer renderings and stock interior photographs showing the usual contemporary luxury tableau. Also showing the firm’s work in Lebanon, a history.....
Hugo P. Herdeg: Photographe / Photographer / Photograph -- 1909-1953
Metz: Ecoles des Beaux Arts de Metz, (1993), 1993. First edition. 4to; 127 pp.; illustrated from photographs by Herdeg. Bump to bottom corner; else a Very good copy or better in original stiff wraps, in a dust jacket. Text in English, French, and German.
Erich Mendelsohn: architectural Drawings
Berlin: Verlag Willmuth Arenhoevel, (1988). First edition. 4to; 12 pp.; illustrated from drawings and photographs. A fine copy in original pictorial wrappers. Catalog for the 1988 Cooper-Hewitt exhibition of the architect's drawings from the collection of the Kunstbiliothek in Berlin.
Portfolio Containing Twenty-four Plates to Accompany Volume on "Building Construction" By Prof. Adams, M.I.C.E.
London: Cassell, 1911. Folio. 24 folio colored lithograph plates loose in folio to be used with Adams' 1911 Cassell book "Building Construction". Light spotting to some plates; else a very good set in cloth-backed portfolio with cloth ties.
Columns: Detail in Building
John Wiley & Son Ltd, 1998. First edition. Square 4to; Fine copy in pictorial wrappers.
AC 15: International Asbestos-Cement Revue
Zurich: Girsberger, 1959. With Neutra’s article, A Vista Beyond the Present Stage of Asbestos-Cement Application. While Neutra’s article is in German, a study of his Eagle Rock Playground Clubhouse in Los Angeles is in English. Other articles include recent work with asbestos-cement by Gorozo Iizuka, Roland Reiner, others. Text in.....
Vertical Transportation for Buildings
New York: American Elsevier Publishing Co., 1970, 1970. First edition. 8vo; 228 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. An analysis of elevator demands for principal building types and outlines system designs and operating practices for satisfying those demands.
Town Planning and Town Development
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., N.d. [1923], 1923. First american edition. 8vo; pp. xvi, 204; illustrated with 16 plates from photographs and 18 text cuts. A good copy in original gilt-stamped red cloth.
Omaggio a Gae Aulenti
Turin: Pinacoteca Giovanni & Marella Agnelli, 2016. Catalog for the 2016 exhibition of Aulenti’s architecture and designs, showing her work in the theatre, art museums, exhibitions, and the garden. Text in English and Italian. First edition. 8vo; 103 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in original.....
Irwin S. Chanin: A Romance with the City
New York: The Cooper Union Press, 1982, 1982. First edition. Folio; 111 pp.; illustrated from photographs, some in color. A very good copy in original pictorial wrappers. A commemorative monograph published by the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union, documenting Chanin's contributions to New York City's.....
Historical images of Pakistan
U.S.A. Ferozsons Ltd, 1992. First Edition. First edition. 4to; 170 pp.; illustrated. Bookseller stamp to front fly (London Book Co,. Islamabad); else a very good copy or better in a fine dust jacket. A collection of images of the major cities of Pakistan as they appeared to outside observers and.....
Minarets of the Arabian Gulf: Abdullatif Al Fozan Award for Mosque Architcture
London: Lonard, 2017. A documentation of mosques eligible for the Second Cycle of the Al Fozan Award. With a history of mosque architecture, recent developments in design and construction, etc. Text in English and Arabic. First edition. 32 cm; 245 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy.....