Resultados de búsqueda: Architecture, Interior Design, Construction from JWMah

Amsterdam: Frame Publishers, 2008. (NETH) Presumed first edition. No markings, tiny spot to cover cloth, otherwsie solid Very Good; no dust jacket as published. Boards and cloth, 281pp, colour photos throughout. Beach living as see in designs for leisure, hospitality, art, residences, products. A heavy book. (4.3 JM HOJ 300/6. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 1988. (USA) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, about Fine in Good ony dust jacket with 2" closed tear, some edge chips and edge faults, very light soiling to panels. Brown cloth, xvi, 351pp, index, over 200 B&W illus and photos. This is an illustrated account of the range of meanings that Western culture has assigned to the Classical orders. The orders---known as Dorci, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan and Composite---were made to serve expressive purposes. (3.4 JM HOQ 101/6. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Vancouver: BlueImprint, 2016. (CAD) 1st printing. No markings, soft crease to lowner corner of front cover, else Fine. Wraps with flaps, 222pp, colour photos of buildings, plans, diagrams. This book gives a vision for a reinvigorated urban enviroment and the crucial role architecture can play in that process. (2.2. JM HOJ 303/2. 1st. Paperback. Fine (-). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toronto: Lynx Images Inc, 2001. (CAD) Stated 1st edition, No markings, crease to inside front cover paper ( a manufacturing fault) otherwsie Fine in Near Fine dust ajcket with shallow scuff mark to front panel. Boards, 296pp, many B&W historic photos of Canada's grand hotels: the Algonquin in New Brunswick to Hotel Vancouver. from the Banff Springs Hotel to Chateau Frontenac. A heavy book. (3.6 JM HOJ 301/2. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Paris: Editions des Deux Mondes, 1951. (FR) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, slight darkening of spine which is faintly spotted, Very Good; lacking the dut jacket. Cream coloured boards, [73]pp of texxt in French, map, line drawings, 136 handsomely produced B&W plates arranged alphabetically by location. The text is in FRENCH. A heavy book. (4.5 JM HOJ 301/6. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Lacking the Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Germany: H.F.Ullmann, 2007. (GER) New still in shrinkwrap. Flexible covers, 360pp, colour photos. More than 60 of the glorious chateaux of the Loire Valley are presented in this fully illustrated and informative workThe text is in English. . (3.4 JM 0522. Paperback. As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1981. (USA) First Printing Remainder dot to top edge of pages, no other markings, Very Good in price-clipped about Very Good dust jackdt with 1/2" tear and crease to top edge of front panel. Dj is in mylar sleeve,Grey cloth, 288pp, index. Colour plates; but mostly B&W photos of churches with plans. 150 photos by Beny with text by the scholar Peter Gunn. (3.5 JM LVR 201/b0. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Remainder.

NY: The Monacelli Press, 2004. (USA) 1st printing. No marking, ther are two small circle shallow indentations to the front panel of the dust jacket and even shallower indenations to the front cover, thus near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Boards, 188pp, mostlly colour illus with some B&W photos. Peter Cook is a founder of Archigram, a collaboration of six architects known for architecture through drawing. The City, Seen As a Garden of Ideas is a survey of Cook's career-long project to reinvigorate the city as we know it. A series of meditations on contemporary urban conditions in cities as diverse as Tokyo, Edinburgh, and Santa Monica, this volume also functions as an informal memoir, at once lyrical and trenchant, in which Cook reveals the influences and motivations behind his seminal works and recent projects. A heavy book. (3.6 JM LVR 200/c4. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

NY: Thames & Hudson, 2016. (USA) 1st of this revised edition. No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Boards, 288pp, index, colour and B&W photos; drawings and plans, This comprehensive, updated monograph of more than two hundred projects—from Hadid’s earliest experimentations and product design to follies and large-scale built works, including the recently completed London 2012 Aquatics Centre, Guangzhou Opera House in China, and Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum in Michigan—is a testament to her innovative, wide-ranging, and exhilarating vision. (3.5 JM HOZ 401/4. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 2000. (CAD) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with a bit of rubbing to top edge of Dj. Boards, x, 661pp, index, B&W photos throughout. Kalman is a well-known architectural historian and heritage consultant. A heavy book. (3.9 JM HOJ 302/a2. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Vancouver / Malaysia: Bing Thom Architects / Herman Lee Associates, 1994. (CAD) No markings, the corner tip of the first blank page has been cut off, very light rubbing to edges of dark cover, slight bowing to the book, Square format wraps with flaps, 119pp. Colour photos and drawings, B&W illus and photos. This is a plan for the New City of Dalian on China's northern coast on the East Liaoning Peninsula by the Vancouver firn of Bing Thom Architects and Herman Lee Associates, Engineers. Uncommon. (2.2 JM HOZ 401/3. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 1994. (USA) Preseumed 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS: " For G---/ with affection/ We really hope you like it./ Homa, Mahsen/ Apil '94", no other markings, a touch of rubbing to head of spine, otherwsie Fine. Wraps with flaps, 147pp, mostly B&W photos of buildings and drawings of projects. The architects' presentations, vertiginous enfoldings of line, saturated montages, and ephemeral performances are designed to delay and extend the experience of space. Projects featured in Delayed Space include a competition entry for Evanston, Illinois, the Ackerman residence, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, urban design proposals in the former Soviet Union, and a gasworks project in Athens, Greece. In addition to an essay by the architects, the book includes a forward by Peter G. Rowe, essays by K. Michael Hays and Robin Evans, and a commentary on the Ackerman residence by the owner, renowned art historian James Ackerman. In-depth project descriptions are… Leer más

NY: Rizzoli, 1986. (USA) First american edition. Remainder stamp ( a little star) to bottom and top edge of pages, no markings, but there is a piece about 2 x 3" neatly cut away from the bottom edge of the title page, (presumably to remove a name), otherwise Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Tumeric coloured cloth, 357pp, index. 620 illustrations and photos; 60 in colour. The author was the curator of Objets d'Art at the Louvre. A heavy oversize volume (5.0 JM HOQ 403/b6. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Remainder.

Cambridge / London: The MIT Press, 1990. (USA) Presumed 1st edition, No markings, about Fine in Acceptable dust jacket on transculent paper which is torn the length of the spine with most of the upper portion of the spine missing: the DJ is in mylar sleeve. Cloth, x, 371pp,index. 500 illustrations, photos and construction details of some major buildings by famous archtiects. Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House; Corbusier's Villa Savoie; Mies van der Rohe and Rudolf Schindler; Guatave Stickley, etc. A fascinating book for those wanting to know how these buidlings were put together. A heavy oversized book, (6.1 JM LVR 206/b2. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Acceptable. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Basel: Birkhauser, 2012. (SWIT) 1st printing No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as pulbished. Boards, 280pp, colour photos and illus. From the cover: The logics of digital processes in architecture have begun to structure the way that architects design, the way that builders build, and the way that industry is reorganizing. The process of architectural design has become a complex workflow. At the core of the shift toward more expansive forms of digital production within the design and construction industry is the integration of communication through digital networks. The goal is to develop a continuous, easily accessible and parametrically adaptable body of information that coordinates the process from design through a building's lifecycle. Organized around the key fields of Designing Design, Designing Assembly and Designing Industry, this book is a reference work on digital technologies as key factors in architectural design, fabrication and workflow organization. A heavy book, (3.5 JM LVR… Leer más

NY: G.P. Putnam, 1972. USA) First American edition, No markings, Near Fine in price-clipped Good (-) only dust jacket with edge tears and rubbing. DJ is in mylar sleeve. Red cloth,358pp, 90 plates in colour; 245 monochrome photos reproduced by photogravure. This book presents some 25 palaces throughout Europe which are eccentric in their surreal quality: the Hermitage of the Margravine Wilhemina; the cottage at Rambouillet; the Pavilion of the Nymphenburg in Munuch, etc. A heavy book (5.0 JM LVR 201/b6. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good (-). 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Germany: Konemann, 2005. (GER) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, 496pp, index, profusely illus. with colour photos. The text of the history of the garden in Europe is in ENGLISH. A very heavy book. (8.0 JM LVR 204/0. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. (USA) Presumed 1st edition, 1963. No markings, wthe upper corner tips of pages have absorbed some moisture, no staining but the page tips are slightly wavy, the extreme upper corners of the cover have a faint water stain,otherwise about Very Good in unclipped Good dust jacket with DJ edges rubbed with small edge faults, and a tear and crease to the top edge of the backpanel and with faint water stain to upper corners of flap folds. DJ is in mylar sleeve. Handsome pattern cloth cover with gold lion figures, black cloth spine, [126]pp, colour frontis, 3 colour plates , 90 B&W photos and illus. This book records the contemporary re-creation of ancient Greek furniture, virtually ignored for centuries. Robsjohn-Gibbings, a furniture designer, spent more than 20 years studying and collecting design motifs found in vase paintings, terracottas, sculptured reliefs to re-create models that cover the range of Greek furniture from chairs (Klismoi) , stools (Diphroi), tables… Leer más

Vancouver: BlueImprint, 2007. (CAD) No markings, no spine crease, Fine copy. Wraps, xxi, 375pp, index. Colour and B&W photos. This book charts the life and work of one of Vancouver's pre-eminent architects, A fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, written by his wife, Kathryn. There are presentations of his built work and his firm's projects along with interviews with his associates and partners. A heavy book. (4.5 JM HOJ 303/a2. Paperback. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

London: Thames & Hudson, 1967. (USA) Revised and enlarged edition of 1967. There is a fine pen mark to the top edge of pages, no other markings, slight toning of text pages, otherwise Very Good in unclipped Good dust jacket with 1" tear to edge of Dj and two small spots to back panel. Includes the Corrigenda slip. Green cloth, 242pp. This edition includes the cathedrals of Strasbourg and Sees, and adds 6 more colour plates and the ground plans of 12 major cathedrals. the 96 B&W photo plates are reprocduced beautifully in gravure. The Swiss photographer Hurlimann has done a fantastic job documenting the cathedrals especially with detail photos of the Gothic sculptures found in the cathedrals. The cathedrals of Notre Dame in Paris, Chartres, and Rheims are given especially full treatment. A heavy book. (4.0 JM LVR 202/b6. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".