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 | (CORBUSIER, LE) (JEANNERET-GRIS, CHARLES EDOUARD). LE CORBUSIER. H. ALLEN BROOKS, EDITOR THE LE CORBUSIER ARCHIVE: VOLUMES 1-32 (COMPLETE) New York & Paris. 1982-1984, Garland Publishing in Collaboration with the Fondation Le Corbusier., First Editions 1/250. (ISBN: 0824050509) Debossed Linen Over Boards, 4to, circa 680pp each, profusely illustrated in b&w. This is a complete set of the "The Le Corbusier Archive" - Garland Publishing's extraordinary one-time only collaboration with the Fondation Le Corbusier in Paris to produce a fully annotated compendium of the over thirty-two thousand drawings housed in the French archives of the legendary architect. Spread throughout the set are seventeen essays on Corbu by Reyner Banham, Tim Benton, Alan Colquhoun, Charles Correa, Norma Evenson, Kenneth Frampton, Michael Graves, Daniele Pauly, Vincent Scully, Peter Serenyi, Jerry Soltan, James Stirling, Manfredo Tafuri, Stanislas von Moos, Andre Wogenscky, and Iannis Xenakis. Each volume also contains photographs of the completed projects by Lucien Herve. Grouped project by project in chronological order, the thirty-two volumes are: 1. Early Buildings and Projects, 1912-1923 -- 2. CiteŽ Fruge`s and other Buildings and Projects, 1923-1927 -- 3. Palais de la SocieŽteŽ des Nations, Villa les Terrasses, and other Buildings and Projects -- 4. Centrosyus -- 5. Buildings and Projects, 1928-1929 -- 6. ArmeŽe du Salut; CiteŽ de Refuge -- 7. Villa Savoye and other Buildings and Projects, 1929-1930 -- 8. Apartment de Beistegui, CiteŽ UniveŽrsitaire; Pavillon Suisse, Ville Radieuse, and other Buildings and Projects, 1930 -- 9. Palais de Soviets and other Buildings and Projects, 1930 -- 10. Urbanisme, Algiers and other Buildings and Projects, 1930-1933 -- 11. Immeuble, 24, rue Nungesser-et-Coli and other Buildings and Projects, 1933 -- 12. Buildings and Projects, 1933-1937 -- 13. Pavillon des Temps Nouveaux and other Buildings and Projects, 1936-1937 -- 14. Buildings and Projects, 1937-1942 -- 15. Modulor and other Buildings and Projects, 1944-1945 -- 16-17. UniteŽ dhabitation, Marseille-Michelet, v. 1-2 -- 18. Palais des Nations Unies and other Buildings and Projects, 1946-1948 -- 19. Projet Roq et Rob, Roquebrune-Cap Martin and other Buildings and Projects, 1948-1950 -- 20. Ronchamp, Maison Jaoul, and other Buildings and Projects, 1951-1952 -- 21. UniteŽ dhabitation, RezeŽ-le`s-Nantes -- 22-24. Chandigarh, Capitole: v. 1: AssembleŽe and other buildings and projects -- 23. Chandigarh: Capitole, v. 2: Secretariat et Haute Court; v. 3: Palais du Gouverneur and other buildings and projects -- 25. Chandigarh: City and MuseŽe -- 26. Ahmedabad, 1953-60 -- 27. Projet pour un Stade Olympique, Bagdad and other Buildings and Projects, 1953 -- 28. Tourette and other Buildings and Projects, 1955-1957 -- 29. UniteŽs dhabiation: Meaux, Briey, Berlin-Charlottenburg -- 30. MuseŽe dart Occidental, Tokyo and other Buildings and Projects, 1957-1961 -- 31. Carpenter Center, UniteŽ DHabitation, Firminy, and other Buildings and Projects, 1961-1963 -- 32. Buildings and Projects, 1964-1965, Undated Projects and Indices. A most handsome example of this uncommon set (only two hundred and fifty were printed - almost entirely for sale to institutional libraries) showing only a bit of minor shelfwear and soiling here and there. Further details can be provided upon request. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this set beyond our standard rates due to its value and weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase.. Fine/No Jackets - As Issued. USD 35000.00 [Appr.: EURO 23345.25 | £UK 21034 | JP„ 3089010] Book number: 015339 Click here to order or inquire at Arcana: Books on the Arts. | |
 | (WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD) (GA). PFEIFFER, BRUCE BROOKS. EDITED & PHOTOGRAPHED BY YUKIO FUTAGAWA FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT: THE COMPLETE WORKS VOLUMES 1-12 Tokyo. 1984-1988., A.D.A. Edita / Global Architecture., First Edition. Cloth in Dust Jackets, Large Square 4to, each np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. This is the entire twelve volume set of Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer's monumental authoritative study detailing the complete works of Frank Lloyd Wright. Issued in cooperation with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation by Japan's A.D.A. Edita / Global Architecture between 1984 and 1988, each volume is several hundred pages in length and lavishly illustrated - primarily with spectacular photographs by GA's Yukio Futagawa. "Volumes 1-8 are monographs which chronologically survey the development of Wright's architectural style. Illustrations consist of photographs and drawings of completed buildings and relevant projects. Volumes 9-11 present selected preliminary studies that were executed in the course of developing Wright's significant projects, most of which are published for the first time. Volume 12 consists of two hundred selected renderings that are often considered works of art in themselves". The twelve volumes are as follows: 1. Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1887-1901, 2. Monograph 1902-1906, 3. Monograph 1907-1913, 4. Monograph 1914-1923, 5. Monograph 1924-1936, 6. Monograph 1937-1941, 7. Monograph 1942-1950, 8. Monograph 1951-1959, 9. Preliminary Studies 1889-1916, 10. Preliminary Studies 1917-1932, 11. Preliminary Studies 1933-1959, and 12. Frank Lloyd Wright in his Renderings 1887-1959. A for the most part handsome complete set of this massive undertaking still in the publisher's printed cardboard shipping cartons which show a bit of overall wear, handling, and sunning. As for the books themselves, volumes 1 and 2 are both Fine in Fine jackets. Volumes 3 and 4 are lightly bumped at the crown of the spine with a slight wrinkle to each jacket. Volumes 5-12 are somewhat more problematic as they were slightly damaged in transit, with each showing a bump or dent through either the crown of the spine or upper foredge corner that creases the textblock and wrinkles the jacket. These have been priced accordingly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this set beyond our standard rates due to its value and weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase.. Very Good - or Better/Very Good - or Better. USD 5500.00 [Appr.: EURO 3668.75 | £UK 3305.5 | JP„ 485416] Book number: 016523 Click here to order or inquire at Arcana: Books on the Arts. | |
 | (WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD). PFEIFFER, BRUCE BROOKS. EDITED & PHOTOGRAPHED BY YUKIO FUTAGAWA GLOBAL INTERIOR: HOUSES BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT 1 & 2 - COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES Tokyo. 1975 (1982) & 1976 (1982)., A.D.A. Edita / Global Architecture. Pictorial Self Wrappers, 4to, 183pp + 183pp, each profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. Complete in these two volumes (numbers 9 & 10 in the Global Interior series), this is a beautifully produced set detailing the interiors and furnishings of over fifty completed projects by Frank Lloyd Wright. It was the first major photodocumentation of this aspect of architect/designer's work, and as is typical with GA books, Yukio Futagawa's images are uncluttered and illuminating. The pictured projects include those for the Hollyhock House, Aline Barnsdall, the Little Dipper Kindergarten, the Spaulding Gallery for Japanese Prints, Compound and Shrine for A.M. Johnson, Deep Springs, Arthur Sachse, Jiyu Gakuen School, Samuel Freeman, John D. Storer, Charles Ennis, the Doheny Ranch Resort, the Automobile Objective and Planetarium for Gordon Strong, the Nakoma Sculpture Basin, Taliesin II, the Oak Park Playground Playhouses, the Steel Cathedral for Willilam Norman Guthrie, San Marcos in the Desert, Alexander Chandler, Leerdam Glassfabrik, the Elizabeth Noble Apartment Building, St. Marks Tower in the Bouwerie, the Century of Progress Exhibition at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, and The New Theatre in Woodstock. A most handsome set showing some minimal wear and handling as well as a tiny bit of sunning to the spine of volume 2. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase.. Near Fine. USD 180.00 [Appr.: EURO 120.25 | £UK 108.25 | JP„ 15886] Book number: 007324 Click here to order or inquire at Arcana: Books on the Arts. |
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