The Spaces in Between; An Architect's Journey .
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. xiv, 303, indexed, illustrated with b/w photos, author covers his innovative career with Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. xiv, 303, indexed, illustrated with b/w photos, author covers his innovative career with Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill. More
Washington DC: PBS Home Video, N.D. First edition. VHS. VHS Video, color, approx. 90 minutes. More
Ann Arbor, MI: R. Thomas Hille, 1994. First edition. Stiff Wraps, b/w. Square large quarto, pp 92 b/w photographs, architectural drawings, floor plans and construction details throughout. This is the original catalog of an exhibition held at the MIT Museum in 1993, showing 12 houses designed by William W Wurster..... More
Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. square quarto; pp. 240. richly illustrated, documented. Considered by the author to be one of the first architectural practitioners of modernism in America, the book is an impressive assemblage of material on the author. Drawing on his writings in Stickley's "Craftsman" and way..... More
Springfield, IL: John D. Randall, 1972. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 132. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photos. Order form for the book laid in. An in-depth look at St. Louis' downtown skyscrapers and office buildings, created as part of a campagn to save the Wainwright Building, a...... More
New York: Abrams, 1998. First American edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 320, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Of the indisputably great figures in 20th-century architecture, Alvar Aalto is in many ways the most humane, the least rigid, the most relevant to our contemporary sensibility and the emerging..... More
N.P. N.P., N.D. Apparent First edition. Yellow Staplebound Wraps, cover illustration by Jack Frost. Octavo, pp. 15. Scarce title! More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979. First edition. Boards. Small quarto, pp. 287, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. The first full-scale study of a family which dominated English architecture for 150 years and which counted among its members some of the most accomplished, most prolific, and most eccentric English neo-classical and..... More
New York: Rizzoli Intl Pubns, 1982. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 303. With essays by Michael Graves and Vincent Scully. Lists the many project assistants, the building projects, his awards and writings. Michael Graves, one of the most influential architects in America today, has attained international prominence not..... More
New York: Rizzoli Intl Pubns, 1982. First edition. Paperback. quarto, pp. 303. With essays by Michael Graves and Vincent Scully. Lists the many project assistants, the building projects, his awards and writings. More
New York: Society of Architectural Historians, 1968. Reprint from journal. Staplebound Wraps. Large octavo, pp. 20, richly iullustrated w/ b/w photographs and plans. More
London: Sheed & Ward, 1932/1933. Second Printing. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 3viii, 58, indexed, with 8 b/w illustrations. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. First edition. Original Blue Cloth w/Dust Jacket. Quarto, pp. 350, indexed with 19 color plates and 300 half-tone illustrations. An architect who was forced to flee France during the Revolution, he worked in Belgium, Saxon, Denmark and America. The author describes how this nomadic architect..... More
London: Allen & Unwin, 1982. First edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 70. Indexed, illustrated with 80 b/w plates. Signed by the author on the title page. A fascinating account of the work of James "Athenian" Stuart, who strove to revive classical Greek architecture by publishing full scholarly measurements of..... More
Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2006. First edition. Paperback. quarto, pp. 190. well illustrated and documented. A successful attempt a capturing and depicting the vernacular style of the Yucatan Peninsula. Lists at $24.95. More
Abbeville Press, 2006. Cloth over Boards, navy with color pictorial Dust Jacket. Square quarto, pp 248. Beautifully illustrated with color and b/w photographs. "Gracefully written and brilliantly illustrated, this handsome new volume captures the vision, the wit, and the down-to-earth inventiveness of one of the most influential and beloved architects..... More
London: St Martin's Press, 1992. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Quarto, pp. 144, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color drawings. Lebbeus Woods' architecture is one of continual research. His drawings are propositions of new ways of living, rather than merely new ways of building. This monograph illustrates the range of Woods'..... More
Philadelphia: 1974. Cloth over Boards. Addison Hutton was a Philadelphia architect who designed prominent residences in Philadelphia and its suburbs, plus courthouses, hospitals, and libraries. Written by Hutton's granddaughter, to the advantage of the reader, as she had long and person acquaintance with her subject, and a wealth of documentary..... More
Chicago: Portland Cement Association, 1936. First printing. Color Pictorial Wraps, green stock. Quarto, pp. 48, 37 pages of photographs, drawings and plans of 55 prize-winning designs. Includes "Here's how a concrete house is built", "It costs less to live in a firesafe concrete house", and "Floor finishes for concrete floors"..... More
New York: Garden City Publishing, 1937. Second edition. Decorated Boards. Quarto, pp 128, indexed. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Detailed practical information on finance, construction plans, heating and air conditioning, insulation, lighting, flooring, roofing, siding, kitchen design, and much more. The first 50 pages is a compilation of articles..... More
New York: Garden City Publishing, 1937. Second edition. Decorated Boards. Quarto, pp 128, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Detailed practical information on finance, construction plans, heating and air conditioning, insulation, lighting, flooring, roofing, siding, kitchen design, and much more. The first 50 pages is a compilation of articles..... More
New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1918. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 16, numerous b/w photographs. One of the most cherished series in its day, interesting both for its subject matters (cornices, porches, doorways, etc) as well as its regional focal points. More
San Francisco, CA: Building Review Company, 1923. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, about pp. 400. Illustrated with b/w specification drawings and full page b/w photographic plates. Trade advertisements throughout. Mild ex-library. An interesting assortment of articles focused on California architecture, including a series on small Western homes; the work..... More
Minneapolis, MN: ASHSB, Inc, 1925. First edition. Color Decorated Wraps. Quarto, pp. 48. illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. A group of Minnesota architects created the ASHSB in 1914 to provide a solution for theshortage of middle class housing in the U.S. By 1925, this monthly publication included articles on..... More
New York: Time, Inc., 1938. First edition. Spiral Bound Stiff Wraps. Quarto, pp. 1-52, 311-416. Richly illustrated with b/w photographs. An interesting and uncommon issue of Architectural Forum, featuring four traditional and four modern house designs by eight notable architects, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Royal Barry Wills, Aymar Embury, II..... More