Gwathmey Siegel - Buildings and Projects 1982-1992 / Gwathmey Siegel - Buildings and Projects 1992-2002 (Two Volume Set)

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2003. BQ4 - Two (2) hardcover books SIGNED and inscribed by Charles Gwathmey to previous owner on the front free endpapers in very good condition in very good dust jackets that are mylar protected in its original slipcase that has wrinkling, chipping, and tears on some edges and corners, some scattered rubbing and scuffing, light discoloraiton and shelf wear. Scattered light scratches and rubbing and fading on the spine on the maroon dust jacket, small dent/crack on the back lower gutter and some scattered light scratches and rubbing on the blue dust jacket, both dust jackets have some wrinkling, chipping and few tiny tear on the edges and corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Books have some light discoloration and shelf wear. Gwathmey Siegel - Buildings and Projects 1982-1992 by Edited by Brad Collins and Diane Kasprowicz (ISBN 0847816753, Copyright 1993), Introduction by Peter Eisenman. Gwathmey Siegel - Buildings and Projects 1992-2002 by Edited by Brad Collins (ISBN 0847825299, Copyright 2003), Introduction by Robert A.M. Stern. 11.25"x8.75", 704 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. (Gwathmey Siegel - Buildings and Projects 1982-1992) Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, based in New York, is one of America's most distinguished and honored architectural offices. The firm, to much acclaim, recently finished a complete restoration of and major new addition to Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark Solomon S. Guggenheim Museum in New York, and has an active practice in large-scale institutional projects including Werner Otto Hall, the Busch Reisinger Museum and Fine Arts Library addition to the Fogg Museum at Harvard University; the American Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York; and three buildings at Cornell University, all featured in this monograph. Among the firm's extensive production of corporate work are the International Design Center/New York showroom buildings and the Solomon Equities office building in New York; the Golf Clubhouse and the Contemporary Resort Convention Center at Walt Disney World in Orlando; the IBM Corporation office building in North Carolina; and the David Geffen Company office building in Beverly Hills. The firm has designed corporate interiors for Knoll International, Herman Miller, D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, and the Ronald Lauder Foundation. This volume also features private houses and apartments in California, New York, Texas, Vermont, Switzerland, and Taiwan, as well as Gwathmey Siegel's decorative arts objects, including furniture, tableware, and floor coverings, for such companies as Swid Powell and Knoll International. (Gwathmey Siegel - Buildings and Projects 1992-2002) Rizzoli's second monograph on this distinguished New York firm follows Gwathmey Siegel: Buildings and Projects 1982-1992. The sequel presents the exquisite residential work for which the firm is so justifiably renowned - from private apartments in Manhattan to homes in Switzerland and California. Also shown are cultural and institutional works, notably, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations and the International Center of Photography, both in New York, and numerous other campus and museum projects across the United States. The volume also covers the firm's recent corporate work, including the David Geffen Foundation Building in Los Angeles and the Morgan Stanley World Headquarters in New York.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.