MUSSON Noverre and HEUSINKVELD Helen

Buildings for the Elderly

NY, Reinhold, 1963. 216pp inc hundreds of photos, scaled plans and drawings, bibliog. 21x26, yellow cloth, no dw. Ex library, with usual labels inside; cloth marked and slightly rubbed, contents good. Very detailed American study of design criteria for building homes for the elderly. Over 50 homes studied with photos, plans, named architects, capacity, cost, construction etc. SOM designed two of the schemes.

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NAGEL S and LINKE S

Bauten des Handels. Läden. Warenhäuser. Einkaufszentrum

Düsseldorf, Bertelsmann, 1973. 208pp incl very many photos, plans etc. German, French and English text. List of architects. Boards, 26x23. Boards faintly bowed else good copy. Nice 70s study.

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Book number: 27027

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NAGEL Wolfgang und FEIRIESS Kristin

Positionen. Berliner Forum junger Architektinnen und Architekten.

Berlin, Senatesverwaltung für Bau-und Wohnungswesen, 1989. 60pp incl photos, plans biographical details. German and English Text. Wraps, 18x17. Vg. To accompany an exhibition. Eight young female German architects are showcased as part of the Forum for Young Architects intitative which grew from recent competitions in Berlin. Nice catalogue

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Book number: 26414

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NOBEL Philip (essays)

Urban Scan Lot, Ek

London, Laurence King, nd, c1997. 174pp, mostly colour images. Wraps, with plastic cover bearing title, as issued, 22x29. Fine copy. Lot/Ek is an architectural studio based in New York. Hundreds of urban images arranged by subject alphabetically making an image bank.

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Book number: 27979

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NOOTEBOOM Cees

Unbuilt Netherlands

(Dutch ed, Amsterdam 1980), AP, 1985. 112pp, very many illustrations and figs, several in colour, bibliog. Cloth. 29x22. Vg, dust wrapper. Attractive book, with schemes by Berlage, Oud, Koolhaas etc..

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NORRIS Christopher & BENJAMIN Andrew

What is Deconstruction?

London, Academy , (1988) 2nd ed 1986. 56pp incl 30+ illustrations, 26 in colour. Wraps. 24x22. Fine copy. Clear outline of the basic precepts. Second edition of this notable work.

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NORTH Arthur Tappan

The Office Building. The Relation of Construction to the Maintenance of Value

self published? 1928. 18pp. Stapled wraps, 17x12. Staples rusted and cover detached, but both parts in very good condition. Tract pondering the inbuilt obsolescence of office building in the US and advocating the use of steel frames in original construction and as a method for increasing the floor area available. 8 examples cited. Scarce.

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OLIVER Fernando Fenol

150 Modelos de Casas de Campo.

Madrid, Ediciones Ibericas, 1943. 141pp inc 141 plans and drawings. Wraps, 16x12. Pages tanned and cellotape on spine, not too bad, good for fragile item. Owner's stamps. Designs for new houses in the countryside. The square meterage and cost is given for each example. Delightful little book, presumably aimed at reconstruction after the civil war.

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OTTO Karl

1) School Buildings 1. Examples and Developments in Primary and Secondary School Buildings2) School Buildings 2 Technical Schools, Training Colleges and Colleges of Higher Education

London, Illiffe Books for The Architect and Building News, (Alexander Koch, Stuttgart 1963), 1966. 216pp and 283pp very well illustrated with plans, photos. Vol 1 in German and English, vol 2 in English. Cloth 28x24. Good copies in dust wrappers. Few pages in volume one faintly scuffed, volume 2 has bookplate on inside front cover nice bright contents and bindings tight. International survey. 2 uniform volumes. Packed with photos, plans to scale, most with sections, elevations etc with each architect named. Very detailed and thorough survey.Heavy item will require extra postage, at cost.

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Book number: 15048

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PAPADAKIS Andreas & TOY Maggie

Deconstruction. A Pocket Guide.

London, Academy Editions, 1990. 32pp, illustrations. 12x10, pictorial card covers. Very good. Very useful short guide, including contributions by the main architects involved, text by Charles Jencks.

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Book number: 34648

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PAPADAKIS Andreas (ed), TZONIS Alexander (guest editor)

Drawings from the Le Corbusier Archive: Villas, Public Buildings, Ronchamp. Architectural Design (AD Profile 60) Vol 55 No 7-8

London, Architectural Design 1985 92pp inc illustrations etc. 28x22, wraps. Very good. Special issue based on drawings from the Corbusier Foundation's archives, published in that year in 32 volumes.

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PAPADAKIS Andreas (ed), TZONIS Alexander (guest editor)

Drawings from the Le Corbusier Archive: Villas, Public Buildings, Ronchamp. Architectural Design (AD Profile 60) Vol 55 No 7-8, Architectural Design Profile 60

London, Architectural Design 1986 92pp inc illustrations etc. 28x22, wraps. Good, small price label on back cover. Special issue based on drawings from the Corbusier Foundation's archives, published in that year in 32 volumes.

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Book number: 36809

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PAPADAKIS Andreas (publisher), RYKWERT Joseph (Guest Editor)

Leonis Baptiste Alberti (AD Profile 21) Vol 49 No 5/6

London, Architectural Design 1979 32pp (main issue) plus 96pp (Profile), many bw and some colour illustrations. 28x22, wraps. Covers a little creased and rubbed, contents good. Major survey of Alberti, with many contributors. Main issue includes a review of the Eileen Gray exhibition in London.

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Book number: 38719

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PAPADAKIS Andreas (publisher), BROADBENT Geoffrey (Guest Editor)

Neo-Classicism (AD Profile 23) Vol 49 No 8/9

London, Architectural Design 1979 72pp (Profile), many bw and some colour illustrations. 28x22, wraps. Covers a little creased and rubbed, contents good. Major survey, with several additional contributors; nicely illustrated section on Schinkel.

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Book number: 38730

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PAWLEY Martin

Architecture versus Housing

New York, Praeger 1971. 128pp, inc c100 b&w photos & line illustrations, bibliog. 21x20, illustrated wraps. Cover slightly sunned, remains of label on cover, good thus. Important critique of mass housing methods used by architects and planners. Includes a good deal on systems building.

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