VAN DER BELLEN, LIANA

Architectural Images of Yesterday : European Illustrated Folios at the National Library of Canada = L'Architecture D'Hier en Images : Livres Européens Illustrés à la Bibliothèque Nationale Du Canada.

National Library of Canada, 1986. Paperback. ISBN: 0662545958. A Fine+ stapled Paperback. Text in both French & English. Fully illustrated with black & white photographs. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 47 pages. Fine+ .

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Book number: 26347

Catalogue: Architecture, Art, History

Keywords: 0662545958 Architecture History Art History Arts Architecture

WITTKOWER RUDOLPH

Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism

London, Eng: Alec Tiranti, 1971. Paperback. Paperback. Very Good with a solid binding, clean & unmarked pages. Wear to the extremities with a small white sticker to the front cover top corner. "Sir Kenneth Clark wrote in the Architectural Review , that the first result of this book was “to dispose, once and for all, of the hedonist, or purely aesthetic, theory of Renaissance architecture, ’ and this defines Wittkower’s intention in a nutshell. A brief examination of the theory and practice of Renaissance architecture that draws attention to the values underlying this style." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 27141

Catalogue: Architecture, Art, History, Design

Keywords: History > Architecture Art Design History Arts Decorating & Designing Architecture

WOLFE, TOM JAMES

From Bauhaus to Our House

Pocket Books, 1982. Mass Market Paperback. ISBN: 0671506595. Very Good, square, tightly bound, sparse marking through the book. An uncreased spine with light cover edgewear, small sticker scar to the front cover. Black & white photographs through the book. "Walter Groppius, granddaddy of steel and glass, conceived his architectural vision in the rubble of WW I and the decadence of Weimar in the decade after. His doctrine found fertile soil in America, where it was time to adopt a clearly defined and suitable representative architecture." ; 6.7 X 4.1 X 0.3 inches. Very Good .

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Book number: 23817

Catalogue: Architecture, Art, History

Keywords: 0671506595 Architecture History Art Art & Artists History Decorating & Designing Architecture

WYNESS FENTON

Mediaeval Edinburgh : Phases of the Old Town with Brief Historical Notes

Amberdeen, Scotland: W & W Lindsay, 1944. Hardcover. A Very Good+ Hardcover, an illustrated cover. A sound binding with bright & unmarked pages. Cover edgewear and rubbing. ""The author is an architect whose restorations of historic buildings have been widely acclaimed. His regional books on castellated and domestic buildings have done much to arouse interest in Scottish architecture, his illustrative style being original and expressive." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 62 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 27493

Catalogue: Architecture, Middle Ages, Scotland

Keywords: Scotland Architecture > Middle Ages Reference Architecture

ZANCO FEDERICA, ILARIA VALENTE

Barragan Guide

Editorial Rm Rio Panuko, 2002. Hardcover. ISBN: 9685208182. Orange cloth covers, yellow titles to the cover and spine. In As New condition, a sound binding, birght unmarekd pages. Yellow ribbon marker. Light corner wear. Numerous black & white, some color, photos. "The Barragn Guide presents architect Luis Barragn's constructed works to a larger public, providing keys to his creative evolution and his cultural context. Following the volume's itinerary through three Mexican cities--Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Monterrey--provides not only a chronological survey of Barragn's surviving work, but also an interesting experience of three urban realities that constitute the basis of his architectural practice and the context of the work of his followers. "; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 179 pages. As New .

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Book number: 26975

Catalogue: Architecture, Mexico. Guides

Keywords: 9685208182 Mexico Architecture Guides Reference Guides Architecture