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Price: £20.00
Publisher: London, Thames and Hudson Ltd.: 2006
Seller ID: 006447
ISBN: 0500286310
Condition: Fine
Softcover. Condition: Fine, with just a hint of shelfwear and light sunning to spine. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 256pp. 430 illustrations, 162 in colour. This book was the first monograph on the Tanzanian born architect, David Adjaye (b.1966). It includes an introduction by Stuart Hall, a documentation of 13 of Adjaye's most important projects, including a house and studio for the artist Chris Ofili (1998-99) which are presented through descriptions, detailed plans and photographs, a series of visual essays, and essays from cultural critics View more info
Price: £30.00
Publisher: London, The Architectural Press: 1974
Seller ID: 005956
ISBN: 0851391761
Condition: Good
Blue hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Previous ownsers name on front endpaper. Binding sound. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear. Sunning to spine and immediate surrounding area. Not price-clipped. 15 pp. introduction plus 212 b/w plates. This book covers architectural details from mainly the 17th and 18th centuries. It provides an accurate record of how buildlings were put together in a period in which individual craftsmanship reached a level which has never since been matched, and is useful for designers and architects invo... View more info
By: Andersson, Henrik O. (foreword)
Price: £22.00
Publisher: Stockholm, Arkitekturmuesse Och Bokforlaget Prisma: 1989
Seller ID: 003453
Condition: Very Good
NB: Text is in Swedish throughout. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. Binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. 164pp. Profusely illustrated in b/w. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: Asso, Margherita
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Milan, Electa: 1991
Seller ID: 005335
Condition: Very Good
Black cloth with title in white on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Hint of sunning to very edges of pages. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 236pp. Several colour and many b/w illustrations. After the very severe flooding of Venice in November 1966, a group of private bodies responded to the plea made by Unesco to gather funds and arrange to restore the most important monuments there. The campaign included cutting edge restoration technology in various fields such as marble and stone corrosion. This book details much of the restoratio... View more info
By: Beard, Geoffrey
Price: £12.00
Publisher: London, Batsford: 1986
Seller ID: 002460
ISBN: 0713446781
Condition: Good
Black hardcover with titles in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear. 176pp. 127 illustrations. The colourful life and architectural achievements of John Vanbrugh (1664-1726) are presented here in a detailed text by Geoffrey Beard, and photographs by Anthony Kersting. A short account of Vanbrugh's triple career - soldier, playwright, architect is followed by sequence of photographs, supported by contemporary drawings, engravings and plans. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall View more info
By: Beltramini, Guido and Burns, Howard (eds.)
Price: £40.00
Publisher: London, Royal Academy of Arts: 2008
Seller ID: 006493
ISBN: 1905711255
Condition: Very Good
Softcover. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Light crease to lower right corner of last page. 433pp. plus 2pp. benefactors list. Many colour illustrations. This catalogue was published to accompany the touring exhibition of work by the Italian architect Andrea Palladio (b.1508), held at the Royal Academy London from 31 January to 13 April 2009. The exhibition was held to mark the 500th anniversary of the architects birth, and was the first in London to be devoted to his work since 1975. A very heavy catalogue, (approx 2.3kg) will req... View more info
Price: £20.00
Publisher: Amsterdam/Utrecht, Stichting Kunst En bedrijf/Reflex: 1983
Seller ID: 005336
Condition: Very Good
Softcover with dustjacket. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions Dustjacket condition: Good, with light sunning and shelfwear to jacket edges. 176pp. Many colour illustrates. This book, produced in collaboration with IBM, discusses the use of art within the work environment and public spaces in the Netherlands, illustrating the concept with a selection of projects dating from approximately 1960-1985, including the design for the Rhine Embankment and Area under the Roermondsplein Bridge designed by Dienst Gemeentewerken and the Terrain, IBM Headqua... View more info
By: Bennett, Frank and Pinion, Alfred
Price: £48.00
Publisher: Donhead St.Mary, Shaftesbury, Donhead Publishing: 2000
Seller ID: 006217
ISBN: 1873394462
Condition: Very Good
First published in 1948 by Caxton Publishing Company, this is the Donhead Publishing 2000 reprint. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 331pp. Many b/w drawings and photographic images. This facsimile edition of Bennett and Pinion's classic work, first published in 1935, provides and invaluable source of information on all aspects of the slating and tiling industry. It examines the various types of roof coverings such as slates, clay tiles and shingles, and includes basic aspec... View more info
By: Bertoni, Franco
Price: £35.00
Publisher: London, Academy Editions: 1994
Seller ID: 005555
ISBN: 1854903780
Condition: Very Good
Black cloth with title in dark grey on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 223pp. Many colour illustrations. Philippe Starck (.1949) is most well known for his work as a designer, for example of chairs, beds, tables and kitchen equipment. In this book his architectural activity (up to date of publication in 1994) is dealt with for the first time, and includes his interiors for the Cafe Costes, the office building known as "Le Baron Vert" in Osaka and his prefabricated house for "3 Suisses"... View more info
By: Betjeman, John
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, Anthony Blond Ltd.: 1970
Seller ID: 006561
ISBN: 0218511566
Condition: Good
This is the 1970 revised edition (first published 1933). Pink paper covered boards with title in silver on black cloth spine and in black on front cover. Condition: Good, with light bumping to lower right corner of front cover. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear, light sunning to edges and some light soiling to rear cover of dustjacket. Price-clipped. 112pp. One folding b/w illustration by Peter Fleetwood-Hesketh, 9ft long. View more info
By: Bond, Francis
Price: £40.00
Publisher: London, B.T.Batsford: 1906
Seller ID: 006628
Condition: Good
Maroon buckram with title in gilt on spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear and light sunning to spine. Some rippling to buckram at base of rear cover. Light foxing and browning to endpapers. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown. 782pp. 1254 illustrations, comprising 785 photographs, sketches, and measure drawings, and 469 plans, sections, diagrams and mouldings. A very heavy book (just over 2.8kg), extra shipping charges will be required if book is to be sent outside UK. View more info
By: Brawne, Michael
Price: £36.00
Publisher: London, Lund Humphries: 1983
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 005639
ISBN: 0853314497
Condition: Very Good
Black hardcover with title in silver on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Hint of sunning to very edges of pages. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear. 200pp. Many b/w and a few colour illustrations. This book deals with the work of the teams of architects, engineers and quantity surveyors who make up the integrated design practice of Arup Associates from its inception in 1963 to the date of publication of the book, 1983. The practice is still running today. Projects mentioned include the Wolfson Building; Somerville College, Oxford, HM Naval Base, D... View more info
By: Brett, C.E.B.
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Donington, Lincolnshire, Shaun Tyas: 2005
Seller ID: 006326
ISBN: 1900289733
Condition: Fine
Dark green cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear. 154pp. 91 illustrations, many in colour. In this book the author shows how important English and Scottish architects and craftsmen were in the buildings of the Crimea. For example he explains how Count Vorontsoz commissioned Thomas Harrison of Chester to design a palace for him at Alupka, which was completed by Edward Blore after Harrison's death in 1829. View more info
Price: £49.00
Publisher: Marseilles, France, Editions Parentheses: 1990
Seller ID: 004284
ISBN: 2863640534
Condition: Very Good
NB: Text is in French throughout. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with some sunning to cover edges. Binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. 119pp. Many b/w illustrations. Scarce. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall View more info
By: Bruce, Gordon
Price: £30.00
Publisher: London, Phaidon Press: 2006
Seller ID: 005594
ISBN: 0714843504
Condition: Very Good
Brown hardcover with title black on spine and front cover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear. 240pp. Many colour and b/w illustrations. This book was the first monograph to trace the life of Eliot Noyes (1910-1977), an architect and industrial designer who began his career working in the office of Walter Gropius. A catalyst figure, he brought together some of the most significant talents from all fields, including Charles Eames, Ivan Chermayeff, Eero Saarinen and Alexander Calder. View more info
By: Burchett, E.S.
Price: £14.00
Publisher: London and Glasgow, William Collins, Sons, and Co.: 0
Seller ID: 001950
Condition: Fair
Brown cloth with titles in gilt on spine and cover. No date, but introduction is dated 1875. Condition: Fair, covers are shelfworn, particularly spine. Spine and cover corners bumped. Binding sound. Some pencil notes on blank page facing title page. Some foxing to endpapers and occasionally within text. Includes a section on constructions, i.e. how to construct various types of triangles, squares and trapezions, and sections on curves, circles and lines. Many b/w diagrams. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall View more info
By: Burke, Gerald L.
Price: £28.00
Publisher: London, Cleaver-Hume Press Ltd.: 1956
Seller ID: 006625
Condition: Very Good
Blue hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear, slightly more so to top of spine of jacket, and a couple of small tears to top of rear of jacket. Not price-clipped. 176pp. Many b/w illustrations and town plans. This was the first detailed study made outside the Netherlands of how Dtuch towns evolved and how their development was planned, especially in the 16th and 17th centuries. View more info
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Paris, Europan: 1997
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 003704
ISBN: 2950852653
Condition: Very Good
Softcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers and light sunning to spine. 337pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. A handbook illustrating the results of Europan 4, the fourth session of the European Competitions for new architecture. 65 sites are selected for display from the 18 countries taking part, including Birmingham and Manchester in England, Caragena in Spain and Amsterdam in the Netherlands. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall View more info
Price: £20.00
Publisher: 's Gravenhage , Netherlands, Staatsdrukkerij- en Uitgeverijbedrijf: 1967
Seller ID: 003061
Condition: Good
NB: Text is in English throughout. Card covers. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. 89pp. 69 b/w illustrations. The history and evolution of the physical planning of the Ysselmeer Polders. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View more info
Price: £24.00
Publisher: London, The Bartlett School of Architecture: 2000
Seller ID: 005523
ISBN: 0953902102
Condition: Very Good
Softcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. 144pp. 215 illustrations, mostly in colour. London's Bartlett School of architecture was rocked in the 1990s' by a storm of design experimentation, shattering the conventional boundaries of architecture. The student projects illustrated in this book accompanied by extracts from student texts and conversations between Bartlett teachers show the range of approaches displayed by Bartlett students over that decade. View more info
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