Search Results: Architecture from Henry Berry, books/ephemera

[1965 SKIDMORE OWINGS & MERRILL GUIDES AND PROCEDURES ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS] GUIDES AND PROCEDURES [typed paste-on label on front cover], GUIDES AND PROCEDURES HANDBOOK [at bottom of text pages], softcover, clip-bound, about 100 pages right-hand pages only, photocopy of noted Skidmore, Owings & Merrill architectural firm working guide/manual for projects, date at bottom pages August 16, 1965, reference for 1976 unidentified project in Iran (near the end of the Shah's reign), much varied illustrated content including drawings, charts, graphs, inside front cover handwritten in black ink "International Products Co. 9608-100, Alborz Industrial Community Qazvin Iran", below this in pencil "Imperial Government of Iran 9700-001, Bell Operations Co., SOM", in pencil inside borders "June 15 – August 19, 1976, Studio Head, Project Mgr., Job Captain [with names, plus 3 other names with no titles], first page headed "Working Drawings Phase Guide"… "The procedures outlined are directed primarily towards the… Read More

[1950s SKIDMORE OWINGS MERRILL AMERIKA-HAUS PHOTOS ARCHITECTURAL] SKIDMORE OWINGS & MERRILL SET OF 18 ORIGINAL BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS Amerika-Haus, Frankfurt, Germany, designed in cooperation with architect Otto Apel, completed 1957/post-War architecture design, 8" x 11-1/2", silver gelatin, 10 b+w photographs (including 4 duplicates) of building models with 4 linen-backed, 8 b+w photographs (including 1 duplicate) of drawings, total 18 original photographs including duplicates of 5 of different aspects of the prospective Frankfurt, Germany, Amerika Haus (closed in 2006), some with period automobiles and some with landscaping; NOTES: The America House (Amerika Haus, plural: Amerika Häuser) is an institution developed following the end of the Second World War to provide an opportunity for German and Austrian citizens to learn more about American culture and politics, and engage in discussion and debate on the transatlantic relationship. Run by the American government until 2006, Amerika Hauser… Read More

[SCULPTOR MICHAEL GRESSEL ORIGINAL DRAWING OF ST. JEROME FOR CATHEDRAL COLLEGE, QUEENS, ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT BY JOHN J. O'MALLEY AND ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTURE FIRM, BROOKLYN] ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING OF SAINT JEROME HOLDING BIBLE AND QUILL PEN WITH LION SITTING AT HIS FEET by sculptor Michal Gressel with a purple-toned print of the drawing on tan paper done by the architecture firm John O'Malley and Associates, with this firm's stamp in lower right corner with "Approval As Noted" circled in red pencil along with initials J. B.M. and 6-16-67 date, a second stamp for Jacob Morgenthaler's Sons, Architectural Woodwork, Brooklyn, NY, noting Michael Gressel as the creator of the drawing for the project Cathedral College, Douglaston, Queens, with John O'Malley & Associates as the architect, a large, elongated drawing for the sculpture of Saint Jerome conceived by sculptor Michael Gessel of a large-size figure with a halo holding a Bible and quill pen with a lion sitting at his feet and the name "St. Jerome"… Read More