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Laurence King Publishing, London 2003. 240pp, b/w & colour illusts, very good+ hardback & dustwrapper This book introduces the power of stone: 11 cases studies of building with stone; 12 case studies of petrified landscape; 10 case studies of urban stones. Some of the architects are: OM Ungers; Mario Botta; Renzo Piano Building Workshop; Alvaro Siza; Rafael Moneo & Richard Meier.

UsedVeryGood. Binding is unblemished, text block is clean, boards straight, without highlights or markings. Mild rubbing/chipping to dust wrapper edges. Very clean, very nice example. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing, 2003. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

McGraw-Hill Education, 2003. Oversize Hardback. Near Fine/Good. Book is in excellent condition with very light corner wear and stickers on the cover and at front endpaper from a private library. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is lightly scuffed with two small tears. Book is in three sections: Building in Stone, Petrified Landscapes, and Urban Stones with examples from about 30 architects from around the world. Full color photos, floor plans, elevations throughout. 240 pages.

Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2003. First ed., first printing; full number line. Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket with fain edge-wear to jacket. See photos. in fine dust-jacket. Medium folio in photo-illus grey jacket; 240 pages: illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. A handsomely realized book. "In the light of recent developments in contemporary design, it is surprising to note that Pevsner's and Benevolo's histories of modern architecture contain almost no examples of buildings in stone: the use of this natural material somehow contradicted the popular image of early modernism. But in a remarkable watershed of modernist tenets, the contemporary architect has become obsessed with a variety of new materials, and above all stone." "The limits and predictability of the modernist palette have long been recognized, and contemporary architects are now looking to the ancient values of stone to give new expression to their ideas. Above all it is the permanence of stone… Leer más