Architecture Criticism
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Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
by Henry Adams
Mont Saint Michel and Chartres is a record not of a literal jouney but of a meditative journey across time and space into the medieval imagination. Using the architecture, sculpture, and stained glass of the two locales as a starting point, Adams breathes life into what others might see merely as monuments of a past civilization. With daring and inventive conceits, Adams looks at the ordinary people, places, and events in the context of the social conventions and systems of thought and belief of the...
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Architecture Criticism Books & Ephemera
House Beautiful: 500 Sensational Ways to Create Your Ideal Home
by Kate Sloan
New York, NY: Hearts Books, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/No Jacket as Issued. Illustrated with color photography. From the editors of House Beautiful. Pictorial hardback cover. Illustrated with color photographs throughout. Indexed, 480 pp. In like new condition. Nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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€14.18
Architecture of the Old South: South Carolina
by Mills Lane
Savannah, GA: The Beehive Press , 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Van Jones Martin; Gene Carpenter. This volume begins a series of books about the historic buildings of the Old South. Special photography by Van Jones Martin. Drawings by Gene Carpenter. Bound in red cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Ex libris inside front cover. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout the text. Indexed. 258 pp. Pictorial dust jacket. Book is in fine condition with light foxing on...
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€47.26
Follies and Fantasies: Germany and Austria
by Sally Sample Aall
New York: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. Photographs by Nic Barlow. Turn the page and enter a world where forms of folly and fantasy reigned supreme- as they still do! Bound in light purple cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Ex libris inside front cover. Illustrated with beautiful photographs throughout the text. Indexed. 128 pp. Pictorial dust jacket. Book and dust jacket both in like new condition. Nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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€28.36
Stately Mansions Eighteenth Century Paris Architecture
by Michel Gallet Translated by James C. Palmes
USA: Praeger Publishers, 1972. Fine/Fine. A unique and extensive register of architects and decorators, details of their work and 177 half-tone illustrations and 50 line drawings and plans highlight the rich history of 18th century Paris. Light yellow cover, gilt print on spine; previous owner book plate inside front cover. Normal shelf wear to dust jacket; illustrated color drawing on front. 196 pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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€47.26
Architectural Art: Affirming the Design Relationship: A Discourse
by Jensen, Robert (Curated by)
New York: American Craft Museum, 1988. 52 pages; 28 cm. Exhibition held at the American Craft Museum, New York, NY. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps. Includes commentary, essays and an exhibition checklist.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.
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€13.71
Building a National Image: Architectural Drawings for the American Democracy, 1789-1912
by Bates Lowry
National Building Museum | United Technologies Corporation, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Fine. Illustrated with photographs. Black cloth boards, titled in gold on spine. Black end sheets. Indexed, 228 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with light foxing on inside. Full refund if not satisfied.
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€14.18
Hampton Heights of Spartanburg: Its History, Houses, and People (Inscribed by Author)
by Vivian B. Fisher
Vivian B. Fisher, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illustrated with Photography. Inscribed by Author. Inscribed by Vivian B. Fisher on title page. This book chronicles and celebrates that exciting journey from Hampton Heights' origins in the 1870s and 1880s through the first decade of the twenty-first century (from description on dust jacket). Bound in gray cloth. Titled in silver on front board and spine. End papers illustrated with black and white photographs. Illustrated with historic...
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€236.30
Churches in the landscape
by Morris, Richard
J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. Very Good. 1989. First Edition. Softcover. 0460860143 . Clean and tightly bound paperback original, spine lightly creased, no inscriptions. xx + 508 pages, illustrations in the text, photos on plates, notes, bibliography, index .
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€9.46
Japan Architect no. 41, Spring 2001
by Yoshida, Nobuyuki (ed.)
Japan: Shinkenchiku-Sha Co. Ltd.. Very Good. 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, minor rubbing at corners but appears little used. 132 pages + adverts, colour & b/w illustrations. Much on the Sendai Mediatheque in this issue. Text in Japanese & English .
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€11.82
A guide to the Hall-I'th-Wood, Bolton: Its history and arrangement as a Folk Museum
by Hendy, Eric
Bolton Museum. Good with no dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. A rebound,clean hardback. Paper covered boards with green cloth spine and title label from original paperback covers, boards rubbed at corners, pencil notes on plan otherwise no inscriptions. 38 pages .
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€7.09
Brickwork
by Brunskill, Ronald & Clifton-Taylor, Alec
U. S. A.: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. Good. 1982. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 0442213697 . Clean and tightly bound paperback, card covers creased at bottom front corner, spine uncreased, remainder mark on bottom page edges but no other inscriptions. 160 pages, illustrations in the text, glossary, appendices, bibliography, index .
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€15.37
On the Rise: Architecture and Design in a Post Modern Age
by Goldberger, Paul
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1985. 340 pages,: illustrations; 23 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate edgewear to wraps. Age toning. Remainder mark/tail edge. Another copy available. Architecture critic of the New York Times.. Paperback. Good. 8vo.
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€4.25
The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts
by Arnheim, Rudolf
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1988. x, 239 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. "Using a wealth of examples, Arnheim considers the factors that determine the overall organization of visual form in works of painting, sculpture, and architecture. / Rudolf Arnheim is Professor Emeritus of the Psychology of Art at Harvard University. For many years he was a member of the Psychology Faculty at Sarah Lawrence College, and he spent his last ten...
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€8.98
Hidden Manchester
by Cooper, Glynis
Derby: Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 1859834019 . Very clean & tightly bound larger format hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Appears little used. 160 pages, hundreds of photos in the text, index .
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€11.82
A Quest for Grandeur: Charles Moore and the Federal Triangle
by Sally Kress Tompkins
Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. Jack E. Boucher. Photographs by Jack E. Boucher of The Historic American Buildings Survey. Black cloth boards, titled in gold on spine. Extensively illustrated with black-and-white photographs. xxi, 159 pp, indexed. Glossy photographic dust jacket. Owner's book plate, else like new. Full refund if not satisfied.
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€14.18
The Dilemma of Style: Architectural Ideas from the Picturesque to the Post-Modern
by Crook, J. Mordaunt
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. Cloth, 348 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. "Is architecture in a state of crisis? Or are the critics simply in a state of confusion? Either way, the problems of architecture today are rooted in the history of architectural ideas. Those ideas--from the Picturesque to the Modern Movement; from the Neo-Classicism and the Gothic Revival to New Brutalism and...
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€27.88
Neat Pieces: The Plain-Style Furniture of 19th Century Georgia
by Various
Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Historical Society, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Gray paper covers with blind stamped design on front cover. Attractive bookplate. Frontispiece. Illustrated with B&W photographs. 8 colour plates. v, 177pp. plus 27 pages of additional material. A few stains on the covers and spine. Text body is clean and free from underlining, highlighting, or notes. Full refund if not satisfied.
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€18.90
Architecture: The Natural and the Manmade
by Scully, Vincent Joseph
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. xiii, 388 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. First paperback edition. Another copy available. "A philosophical and chronological history of architecture examines natural and man-made structures from ancient Greece to present-day Manhattan." - Publisher.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.
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€8.98
Edifices De Rome Moderne Ou Recueil Des Palais, Maisons, Eglises, Couvents, Et Autres Monuments Publics Et Particuliers Les Plus Remarquables De La Ville De Rome (Second Volume Only)
by P. Letarouilly
Washington, D.C: The Reprint Co Inc, 1840. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. French Text. Second Volume Only. Two tone cloth covers, green and maroon. Illustrated. No pagination. Dampstaining along covers' outer boarder near fore-edge. Some minor dampstaining within. Good only. Full refund if not satisfied.
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€66.16
Apostle of Taste: Andrew Jackson Downing, 1815-1852
by Schuyler, David
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. Cloth, xii, 290 pages, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Creating the North American Landscape Ser. Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "Apostle of Taste is the first full-length biography of Andrew Jackson Downing, the horticulturist, landscape gardener, and prolific writer on architecture who, more than any...
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€32.61
The Dining Room
by Diane Berger; Fritz von der Schulenburg (photographer)
New York | London | Paris: Abbeville Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Photographs by Fritz von der Schulenburg. Beautiful copy. 147pp., including indexes. Boards are covered in silver cloth with indented lettering on front and blue lettering on spine. Dust Jacket is glossy with color photographs on front and back, including author and photographer bios on back flap. Text pages include beautiful color photographs throughout. Blind-stamped on title page from previous owner. Full refund...
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€14.18
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
by Venturi, Robert; Scully, Vincent (Introduction by)
New York: Museum of Modern Art; New York Graphic Society, 1977. 132 pages, illustrations; 23 x 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. The pioneering document on post-modern architecture.. 2nd. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong.
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€13.71
The Plan-Urbaan Development UD-03
Italy, 2010. 2011. Dec. 2010, Jan. 2011. Softcover. Fine. 'Dense-Rarefied, Milano-Detroit' on cover of blue, white, silver aerial view of a city. December 2010/January 2011 Issue. TEXT IN ITALIAN. Full color photographs and designs throughout. Full refund if not satisfied.
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€14.18
Minimal Architecture: From Contemporary International Style to New Strategies
by Ruby, Ilka, and Ruby, Andreas, and Sachs, Angeli, and Ursprung, Philip
Munich and New York: Prestel; Architecture in Focus Ser., 2003. 175 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), plans; 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "What is minimalism in architecture? This trenchant re-examination traces the unfolding of minimalism as one of the dominant design trends today. In a fascinating aesthetic voyage, this book offers perspectives on the directions the movement is taking as...
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€23.16
