Spectacular Vernacular: The Adobe Tradition Tapa blanda - 1996

Aperture, 1996T. perfect. Very Good. 0.6000 in x 11.9000 in x 8.9000 in. 2nd edition. Front free page and the next page have the upper corner tip area cut out. Perhaps this was once signed and someone wanted to keep the signature. Otherwise the book is lightly read. Gorgeous photos. Scuffed covers.

Aperture, 1996. Perfect Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Aperture Foundation Inc, 1996-06. Paperback. Good.

New York: Aperture Foundation Inc., 1989. Oversized full colour paperback, in very good condition. Corners and spine foot are bumped and rubbed, and page block is lightly blemished. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Paperback. Very Good. Used.

New York: Aperture, 1996. Paperback Quarto. Paperback. Very good. wraps, 196 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

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New York, NY: Aperture Foundation, Inc, 1996. Softcover. VG- (Page margins are tanning lightly; this copy is WARMLY INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to American artist Will Barnet and his wife Elena on the first page.). Orange and color illus. wraps, 196 pp., color illus. "Celebrates the beauty, variety, and efficiency of traditional adobe architecture in West Africa, Southwest Asia, and the American Southwest. In the severe desert climates of these areas, centuries of working with mud in the construction of homes, mosques, and whole villages have given rise to a remarkable range of styles and forms as visually stunning as any fabled city of myth and imagination -- or any postmodern metropolis. ... Noted Africanist Basil Davidson contributes an introduction that surveys centuries of interplay between Islam, older cultures, and the deserts of Africa and Asia." (inside front cover) This copy is WARMLY INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to American artist Will Barnet and his wife Elena on the first page.

Book cover like new, slight shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
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Spectacular Vernacular: The Adobe Tradition celebrates the beauty, variety, and efficiency of traditional adobe architecture in West Africa, Southwest Asia, and the American Southwest. In the severe desert climates of these areas, centuries of working with mud in the construction of homes, mosques, and whole villages have given rise to a remarkable range of styles and forms as visually stunning as any fabled city of myth and imagination - or any postmodern metropolis.By turns delicate and massive, precise and free-form, indigenous adobe architecture displays a formal richness matched by its technical ingenuity. In this abundantly illustrated book, architectural historian Jean-Louis Bourgeois and photographer Carollee Pelos act as guides to a little-known world, interpreting spectacular structures from… Leer más

Aperture, 1996-06-01. Perfect Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!