Architecture / Methods & Materials from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Penguin Books, 2001. 194 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Browning. "By all accounts, Filippo Brunelleschi, goldsmith and clockmaker, was an unkempt, cantankerous, and suspicious man - even by the generous standards according to which artists were judged in fifteenth-century Florence. He also designed and erected a dome over the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore -… Read more about this item

Rochester, Kent: Grange Books, 2000. Pictorial boards, 175 pages, colour illustrations; 31 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. First edition thus. Dust jacket, toned, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio.

Berlin: B_books, 2006. 257 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 24 cm. MetroZones, 7. Text in German/Text Deutsch. WIE NEU. Tight, clean copy. Architecture utilizing shipping containers. Profusely illustrated. . 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Book Publishing Company, 1948. Cloth, xxiii, 225 pages. illustrations, map, plans; 27 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with chunks missing (almost half the spine), secured in a mylar cover.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 4to.

Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1990. v, 149 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. CONTENTS: Preface to the Third Edition; Acknowledgments; 1. From Cave to Skyscraper; 2. Building a Tent; 3. What Is a Beam?; 4. What Do We Build Structures With?; 5. The Floor of Your Room; 6. A Steel Frame . Made Out of Paper; 7.… Read more about this item

New York: Penguin Books, 2010. 354 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. "The story of the world-famous monument and the extraordinary world's fair that introduced it In this first general history of the Eiffel Tower in English, Jill Jonnes--acclaimed author of Conquering Gotham--offers an eye- opening look not only at the construction of… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. Cloth, xiii, 255 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "Examining the proliferation of reinforced-concrete construction in the United States after 1900, historian Amy E. Slaton considers how scientific approaches and occupations… Read more about this item

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1964. 1 volume (unpaged), 139 illustrations; 25 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Profusely illustrated: Instruments, Buildings, Towers, Columns and Roofs, Vaults and Domes, Bridges, Roads, Tunnels, Dams, Spillways and Earthworks.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Historical Society, 2002. 1-28 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. A Special Issue of Noticias: Quarterly Bulletin of the Santa Barbara Historical Society, Vol. XLVIII, No. 1 (Spring 2002). Firm binding, clean inside copy. Wraps partly sunned. Another copy available.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Serial.

New York: Artisan, 2001. ix, 118 pages, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "'Finding stone, choosing it, and letting go of it are the three things a waller does. I'd miss any one of them too much if I asked someone else to do them for me. I may… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Historical Society, 2002. 1-28 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. A Special Issue of Noticias: Quarterly Bulletin of the Santa Barbara Historical Society, Vol. XLVIII, No. 1 (Spring 2002). Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Las Vegas, NV: Nevada Publications, 1986. 144 pages, illustrations, maps, plans, portraits; 31 cm. Material for this book was taken from 5 booklets published by Compressed Air Magazine, 1931-35. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1990. 323 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. "Here is a clear and enthusiastic introduction to building methods from ancient time to the present day, illustrated throughout with line drawings. In addition, Mr. Salvadori discusses recent advances in science and technology that have… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Historical Society, 1995. 21-43 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. A Special Issue of Noticias: Quarterly Bulletin of the Santa Barbara Historical Society, Vol. XLI, No. 2 (Summer 1995). Firm binding, clean inside copy.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Serial.

Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2003. Cloth, 159 pages, colour illustrations; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. A fine copy of the first printing. Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "Long known for her expertise in log construction, Robbin Obomsawin shakes things up in her newest book The Not So Log Cabin, which looks at… Read more about this item

Aix-en-Provence: Parc naturel regional du Luberon; Edisud, 1994. 189 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Text in French/Texte en fran ais. TRES BON ETAT. Firm binding, clean text. Previous owner's ink stamp/half-title page, otherwise unmarked.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2002. 159 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 23 x 26 cm. Design by Bryan Burkhart. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Prefab presents a series of innovative homes and concepts that boldly demonstrate that this is not… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984. xiii, 214 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. With illustrations by the author. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. CONTENTS: Structure. The architecture of compression; Beams and frames; Cable and surface; Enclosure. The 'small' house; Larger buildings; Climate services. Engineering for comfort; The 'small' house; Larger buildings; Utility services. Water supply; Drainage; Refuse handling;… Read more about this item

Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2007. 128 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 25 cm. Photographs by Audrey Hall. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "Off the Grid Homes looks at six contemporary architectural projects that integrate alternative technologies for generating and conserving energy. Being off the grid can refer to many different aspects… Read more about this item

Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2004. 176 pages, colour illustrations; 26 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author Gale Beth Goldberg, with a personalized inscription. Light shelfwear to wraps.. SIGNED. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.