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The Work of the Birmingham Civic Society from June 1918 to June 1946

By: Abercrombie, Patrick (preface)

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Birmingham, Birmingham Civic Society: 1946

Seller ID: 006740

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Buff colour paper covered boards with title in gilt on quarter cloth spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear covers and very light sunning and foxing to cover edges. Binding sound. Some light foxing to endpapers. Previous owners name in pencil on half-title. 170pp. Several b/w illustrations. A report (small stapled booklet format, 11 pp.) of the Birmingham Civic Society for the year June 1948 to June 1949 is also loosely inserted. This book chronicles the activity of the Birmingham Civic Society from 1918 to 1946 and details its influence on various projects designed to enhance the qualit...
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Funktionalismens Genombrott Och Kris: Svenskt Bostadsbyggande 1930-80

By: Andersson, Henrik O. (foreword)

Price: £22.00

Publisher: Stockholm, Arkitekturmuesse Och Bokforlaget Prisma: 1989

Seller ID: 003453

Binding: Soft cover

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
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Venice Restored 1966-1986: The Unesco Campaign and the Contribution of private Organizations

By: Asso, Margherita

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Milan, Electa: 1991

Seller ID: 005335

Binding: Cloth

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...
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The Work of John Vanbrugh

By: Beard, Geoffrey

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London, Batsford: 1986

Seller ID: 002460

ISBN: 0713446781

Binding: Hardcover

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
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Palladio

By: Beltramini, Guido and Burns, Howard (eds.)

Price: £39.00

Publisher: London, Royal Academy of Arts: 2008

Seller ID: 006493

ISBN: 1905711255

Binding: Soft cover

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...
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The Art of Designed Environments in the Netherlands

By: Benjamin III, Lloyd W.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Amsterdam/Utrecht, Stichting Kunst En bedrijf/Reflex: 1983

Seller ID: 005336

Binding: Soft cover

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...
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The Architecture of Philippe Starck

By: Bertoni, Franco

Price: £33.00

Publisher: London, Academy Editions: 1994

Seller ID: 005555

ISBN: 1854903780

Binding: Cloth

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"...
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Ghastly Good Taste or a Depressing Story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture

By: Betjeman, John

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Anthony Blond Ltd.: 1970

Seller ID: 006561

ISBN: 0218511566

Binding: Hardcover

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.
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The Complete Zaha Hadid - Expanded and Updated

By: Betsky, Aaron (intro.)

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Thames & Hudson: 2013

Seller ID: 006798

ISBN: 050034289X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First published in 1998, this edition published in 2013. Hardcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 288pp. Many colour illustrations. This book includes details over over two hundred projects designed by the Iraq born architect Zaha Hadid (1950-2016), from follies to large-scale built works such as the London 2012 Aquatics Centre, Guanghzhou Opera House in China and the Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum in Michigan.
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Image for Gothic Architecture in England: An analysis of the origin and development of English church architecture from the Norman Conquest to the dissolution of the monasteries

Gothic Architecture in England: An analysis of the origin and development of English church architecture from the Norman Conquest to the dissolution of the monasteries

By: Bond, Francis

Price: £40.00

Publisher: London, B.T.Batsford: 1906

Seller ID: 006628

Binding: Hardcover

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.
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Arup Associates: The biography of an architectural practice

By: Brawne, Michael

Price: £35.00

Publisher: London, Lund Humphries: 1983

Seller ID: 005639

ISBN: 0853314497

Binding: Hardcover

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...
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Towers of Crim Tartary - English and Scottish Architects in the Crimea, 1762-1853

By: Brett, C.E.B.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Donington, Lincolnshire, Shaun Tyas: 2005

Seller ID: 006326

ISBN: 1900289733

Binding: Hardcover

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.
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Rob Mallet-Stevens - La Villa Noailles (Monographies d'architecture)

By: Briolle, Cecile, et al.

Price: £49.00

Publisher: Marseilles, France, Editions Parentheses: 1990

Seller ID: 004284

ISBN: 2863640534

Binding: Soft cover

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
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Eliot Noyes

By: Bruce, Gordon

Price: £29.00

Publisher: London, Phaidon Press: 2006

Seller ID: 005594

ISBN: 0714843504

Binding: Hardcover

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.
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Practical Plane Geometry

By: Burchett, E.S.

Price: £14.00

Publisher: London and Glasgow, William Collins, Sons, and Co.: 0

Seller ID: 001950

Binding: Cloth

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
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Constructing the Town Upon the Town - Transformation of Contemporary Urban Site - Europan 4, European Results

By: Chirat, Sylvie (ed.)

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Paris, Europan: 1997

Seller ID: 003704

ISBN: 2950852653

Binding: Soft cover

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
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"The Busiest Man in England" - A Life of Joseph Paxton, Gardener, Architect & Victorian Visionary

By: Colquhoun, Kate

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, David R.Godine: 2006

Seller ID: 007011

ISBN: 1567923011

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First US edition. Pale green paper-covered boards with title in gilt on maroon cloth spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fine, with just a hint of shelfwear. 303pp. Several b/w and colour illustrations. In this biography, the author depicts Paxton, his circle, and his times. Drawing on personal papers and historical archives, she gives the reader ot only Paxton the public man but also the private one - the father, husband and friend.
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Planning and Creation of an Environment: Experiences in the Ysselmeer Polders

By: Constandse, Dr.A.K.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: 's Gravenhage , Netherlands, Staatsdrukkerij- en Uitgeverijbedrijf: 1967

Seller ID: 003061

Binding: Soft cover

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
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Bartlett Book of Ideas

By: Cook, Peter (ed.)

Price: £22.00

Publisher: London, The Bartlett School of Architecture: 2000

Seller ID: 005523

ISBN: 0953902102

Binding: Soft cover

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.
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English Shop Fronts from contemporary sourcebooks 1792-1840

By: Dean, David (intro.)

Price: £35.00

Publisher: London, Alec Tiranti: 1970

Seller ID: 006535

ISBN: 0854582703

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Light blue hard cover with title in silver on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair, with light shelfwear and light soiling including a coffee/tea splashmark to spine of jacket (not affecting book in any way) and a repaired tear to the top of the rear cover of jacket. 8pp. preface and 77 b/w illustrations. This book contains illustrations of shopfronts compiled from five contemporary books on the subject (including Designs for Shop Fronts by J.Faulkner, 183 and On the Construction and Decoration of the Shop Fronts of London by N.Whi...
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