Search Results: Architecture from A&D Books

Paris: Paris Art Center & Musee-Galerie de la Seita, 1985. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine cloth-bound hardcover in a Near Fine minus dust jacket with some light crimping along the top edge, some wear at the tips, some tanning, and a light stain to the back. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Text by by Ante Glibota and Frederic Edelmann. 384 pages; b&w and color illustrations throughout; 12 x 12.25 inches. Text in French and English. The catalogue for a major traveling survey of architecture in Chicago from 1833 through 1983. This copy, from the first stop of the exhibition, Chicago, was sponsored by The Chicago Tribune and Carson Pirie Scott and is labeled "Premier Edition." Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping will be more than quoted.

New York: Arco, 1968. Hardcover. First edition. Fine cloth-bound hardcover in a Fine dust jacket, protected by a clear mylar cover. Virtually as new. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Describes how architects do what they do: obtain commissions; award contracts; coordinate the work of contractors, vendors, and consultants; determine fees. Includes a behind-the-scenes tour of the successive stages of a building project, from inception through completion. Profusely illustrated with photographs, site and floor plans, sketches and diagrams, architectural illustrations and models, tables and charts, schematics, etc. Text by Bernard John Grad. 192 pages; b&w illustrations throughout; 9.25 x 12.25 inches. Appears to be inscribed by the author and dated in the year of publication.

New York: Dover, 1995. Paperback. First edition, 1995. Near Fine with a light crease to the back cover and a small bump to the corner of the front. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. A well-known architectural historian explores the bungalow both as an evolving art form and an architectural document reflecting middle-class life in early 20th-century America. Text by Clay Lancaster. 264 pages; 193 b&w photos, floor plans, artwork in reproduction, and drawings; 8.25 x 10.75 inches. Appendix, index.

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1983. Paperback. First edition, first printing. Fine paperback in a Fine dust jacket. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Edited by Wim Dewit. 172 pages; b&w and color illustrations throughout; 9 x 8 inches. Bibliography, chronology, biographies, index. The Amsterdam School identifies a group of architects and designers active between 1915 and 1930 in Holland. The group informally revolved around Michel de Klerk and included such figures as Piet Kramer, Johan van der Mey, Frits Staal, Margaret Kropholler, and Hendrik Wijdeveld. They believed that architecture should be artistic and expressive. As artists, they considered themselves to be clairvoyants who could reveal through architecture the essential "spirit of the time." The catalogue for an exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NYC. LAID IN are two reviews of the exhibition.

New York: Rizzoli, 1994. Paperback. First edition, first printing. Fine paperback. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Compiled by Brad Collins and Juliette Robbins. 228 pages with 2 gatefolds; b&w and color illustrations throughout; 8.5 x 11 inches. This book presents, chronologically, 29 of architect Antoine Predock's most important buildings, from 1967 through 1994, with photographs, sketches, architectural renderings, elevations, site and floor plans, etc. In the text, he discusses the pertinent aspects and idiosyncrasies of each scheme. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping will be more than quoted.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993. Magazine. First edition. Near Fine paperback/magazine with light shelf wear to the covers; all inserts present. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The July 1993 (7/1993) issue of Architectural Record magazine (Vol. 181, No. 7) with design portfolios for: the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Pei Cobb Freed; Center for the Visual Arts, Toledo, by Frank Gehry; Building Types Studies of Housing including a Renzo Piano; and much more. Edited by Stephen A. Kliment. Perfect-bound magazine; 120 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 10.75 inches.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995. Magazine. First edition. Near Fine magazine with a touch of shelf wear to the front, small patches of staining to the back, and a crease/tear to the back cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The May 1995 issue of Architectural Record magazine (Vol. 183, No. 5) with: the Cy Twombly Gallery of the Menil Collection, Houston, by Renzo Piano; a portfolio of recent work by Herzog & de Meuron; Building Type Study 726, Local Courthouses; and much more. Edited by Stephen A. Kliment. Perfect-bound magazine; 146 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12 inches.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1991. Magazine. First edition. Fine/As New magazine. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The July 1991 issue of Architectural Record magazine (Vol. 179, No. 7) with: numerous mentions or Frank Lloyd Wright and photographs of his buildings; the top 100 most important buildings of the last 100 years; the 100-year history of Architectural Record; six essays on architecture from 1891 to 1991; The Future of Architecture roundtable; Building Types Study 692, Transportation Facilities; and much more. Edited by Stephen A. Kliment. Perfect-bound magazine; 292 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12 inches.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004. Paperback. First edition. Near Fine magazine with a hint of rubbing to the extremities and light signs of handling, otherwise fine; a copy for advertisers with the publisher's letter bound-in. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The March 2004 issue of Architectural Record magazine with: a special section on China, with nine articles plus eight projects covered including the Bejing Olympics, the National Grand Theater of Beijing by Paul Andreu, and Xintiani of Shanghai by Wood + Zapata; coverage of the new design for the World Trade Center transit hub; a Building Types Study on schools; special sections on lighting and on architectural technology; and much more. Edited by Robert Ivy. Perfect-bound magazine; 240 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12 inches.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004. Magazine. First edition. Fine magazine; a copy for advertisers with the publisher's letter bound-in. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The October 2004 issue of Architectural Record magazine with: a special section on the design of museums including the Danish Jewish Museum by Daniel Libeskind, the Brooklyn Museum, Aomori Contemporary Art Center by Tadao Ando, and more; a feature on the new Oklahoma City Federal Building; a building types study of health care facilities with four projects considered; a special section on residences with four projects; articles on Geoffrey Bawa, Chase Rynd, Milan, and Philadelphia; and much more. Edited by Robert Ivy. Perfect-bound magazine; 260 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12 inches.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004. Magazine. First edition. Fine magazine; a copy for advertisers with the publisher's letter bound-in. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The November 2004 issue of Architectural Record magazine with: three projects considered in depth including the Church of Padre Pio by Renzo Piano; a photo-essay on Santiago Calatrava's three Dutch bridges; a building types study of multifamily housing with four projects; the BusinessWeek/Architectural Record awards; articles on Frank Gehry and Ground Zero, storms and coastal building, S.J. Rozan, and more; a special section on lighting; and much more. Edited by Robert Ivy. Perfect-bound magazine; 336 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12 inches.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002. Paperback. First edition. Fine magazine with a hint of handling. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The May 2002 issue of Architectural Record magazine with: a special section on the AIA Awards with a feature on Tadao Ando, who won the Gold Medal; the American Folk Museum, NYC; the Neue Galleries, NYC; Gannett/USA Today headquarters, Maclean, VA, by Kohn Peterson Fox; a special section on stadiums and a special section on lighting; and much more. Edited by Robert Ivy. Perfect-bound magazine; 388 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 10.75 inches. LAID-IN are two clipped articles from an arts magazine about two different projects by Ando.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002. Paperback. First edition. Near Fine magazine with a tiny bump to one tip with corresponding tiny dog ears to about ten pages, otherwise only light signs of handling. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The July 2002 issue of Architectural Record magazine with: a special section on the "Architecture for Remembrance" including monuments and memorials with seven projects considered in detail, an article on "Who Owns Grief?", and one on the future of Ground Zero; a special section on health care facilities; digital architecture; houses for aging baby boomers; a section on residential with four projects considered in detail; and much more. Edited by Robert Ivy. Perfect-bound magazine; 224 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 11 inches.

New York: Quantuck Lane, 2007. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine/As New hardcover in a Fine/As New dust jacket, protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Text by John Silber. 128 pages; 103 color illustrations; 7 x 9.5 inches. Silber defines "absurdism" in architecture as a blatant disregard for the needs of the building and a willful disdain for the client, the budget, and the people who live or work inside the final structure.

Whitney Library of Design / Watson-Guptill, 1975. Hardcover. First US edition. Near Fine cloth-bound hardcover with a light red mark to the bottom edge of the text block in a Very Good dust jacket with light rubbing, light wear at edges and spots of soiling to the back panel. At the bottom of the back flap, the corner has been torn off. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. 144 pages; profusely illustrated with b&w photos, maps and diagrams; 9.75 x 12 inches. The essays are divided into seven sections: The City; The Country Town; The Village and Countryside; Coastlines; Churches; Care and Neglect; Training for Conservation; and Legislation. The cover such areas as Naples, Venice, Victorian Yorkshire, New Lanark, Engelsberg, Bergslagen, the Ionian Seaboard, the Greek Coast, Malta, wooden churches of Eastern Europe, Georgian Churches in NE Turkey, and more.

New York: Jacobson & Co., 1915. Hardcover. First edition with additional booklet. Very Good minus cloth-bound hardcover with a bump to the crown and two tips, rubbing to the extremities, and light soiling to the covers; interior clean with light rippling to the edges; binding solid; no dj as presumed issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. A company trade catalogue with thousands of early 20th-century examples of ceiling and wall ornaments, mouldings, wall panels, friezes, festoons, ribbons, rosettes, cornices, beams, brackets and corbels, standards and supports, column caps, sculptured panels, culos, cartouches, pargetting ornaments, etc., all priced. Unpaginated [ca. 200 pages]; 183 b&w plates, mostly full-page; 9 x 12.25 inches. Errata sheet tipped-in to front paste-down. LAID-IN is a staple-bound catalogue labeled: "Jacobson and Company Submit A Few Plates of Geometrical Ceilings Representing Their Stock Models" with 23 full-page diagrams of… Read More

New York: BPI Communications, 2001. Paperback. First edition. Near Fine magazine with light signs of handling and an office routing label to the back cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The February 2001 of Architecture magazine (Vol. 90, No, 2.) This is issue is devoted to parking structures and includes: cover and interior photographs by Doug Aiken; coverage of structures by Brian Healy, HLKB, Murphy/Jahn, and Harry Wolf; a photo-essay on home garages by Jason Fulford; and much more. Edited by Reed Kroloff. Perfect bound; 128 pages; color and b&w photos, diagrams, schematics, and floor plans throughout; 9 x 10.75 inches.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987. Paperback. First edition. Near Fine paperback magazine with a small light crease to one corner of the cover and light signs of shelving. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The Mid-September 1987 issue of Architectural Record magazine (Vol. 175, No. 11), the annual special issue on interiors, Building Types Study 645, Record Interiors 1987, with: a London living room suite by Zaha Hadid; portfolios of work by Steven Holl, Philippe Starck, Alan Buchsbaum, and Branson Coates; a showroom by Mario Botta; and much more. The issue also includes an engineering section focusing on the Museum of the Borough of Brooklyn. Edited by Mildred F. Schmertz. Perfect-bound magazine; 200 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 11.75 inches.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine/As New cloth-bound hardcover in a Fine dust jacket with a trace of wear at two tips. A very nice copy. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Burden begins with step-by-step instruction for producing layouts in perfect perspective by using photographs. He spotlights practical solutions to real-life problems and shows how to handle difficult site-coordinated layouts and even aerial layouts of small areas or of whole cities. This widely acclaimed guide is an essential working tool for architects, drafters, architectural photographers, and commercial artists, who will find proven techniques for doing architectural renderings in about one-fourth the time---and in true perspective. Filled with the authors own working examples, it also features a portfolio of professional work from the nation's leading architectural renderers. Text by Ernest Burden;… Read More

New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005. Paperback. First edition. Fine paperback magazine with all inserts present; an advertiser's copy with the publisher's letter bound-in. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The August 2005 issue of Architectural Record magazine (Vol. 195, No. 8) with: cover story on Studio Fuksas' design of the Milan Trade Fair; a German BMW plant by Zaha Hadid; an article on the redesign of the Freedom Tower; saving early Modernist cottages on Cape Cod; big box retail design; Building Types Study 848, Colleges and Universities, with four projects examined in detail; a technology section on fire protection and life safety; a special section on lighting; and much more. Edited by Robert Ivy. Perfect-bound magazine; 232 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 10.75 inches.