The Sphere and the Labyrinth: Avant-Gardes and Architecture from Piranesi to the 1970s
by Manfredo Tafuri
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0262200619
- ISBN 13
- 9780262200615
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About This Item
Translation by Pellegrino d'Acierno and Robert Connolly of "La sfera e il laberinto: Avanguardia e architettura da Piranesi agli anni '70" (Giulio Einaudi, 1980). Volume, measuring approximately 7.5" x 10.5", is bound in orange cloth, with stamped black lettering to spine. Book is in fine condition, with solid binding, clean and bright interior. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, is preserved in mylar cover. 382 pages.
"Offers a survey of avant-garde architecture, looks at the work of Stirling, Rossi, Gregotti, Venturi, Eisenman, Graves, Hejuk, Argest, and Gandelsonas, and discusses futurism and expressionism".
"Offers a survey of avant-garde architecture, looks at the work of Stirling, Rossi, Gregotti, Venturi, Eisenman, Graves, Hejuk, Argest, and Gandelsonas, and discusses futurism and expressionism".
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- Palimpsest Scholarly Books (US)
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- Title
- The Sphere and the Labyrinth: Avant-Gardes and Architecture from Piranesi to the 1970s
- Author
- Manfredo Tafuri
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0262200619
- ISBN 13
- 9780262200615
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Architecture
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