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City Life. Urban Expectations in a New World
Scribner, 1995. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 256. In City Life, Witold Rybczynski looks at what we want from cities, how they have evolved, and what accounts for their unique identities. In this vivid description of everything from the early colonial settlements to the advent of the skyscraper to the changes wrought by the automobile, the telephone, the airplane, and telecommuting, Rybczynski reveals how our urban spaces have been shaped by the landscapes and lifestyles of the New World. ISBN: 9780684813028. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
De SlegteProfessional sellerBook number: 2993073
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Catalogue: Architectuur
Keywords: 9780684813028
The Look of Architecture
2002. Paperback. Pp: 144. What is style in architecture? "Style is like a feather in a woman's hat, nothing more," said Le Corbusier, expressing most modern architects' low regard for the subject. But Witold Rybczynski disagrees, and in The Look of Architecture, he makes a compelli. ISBN: 9780195156331. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
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Catalogue: Architectuur
Keywords: 9780195156331
American Monument
Gebonden, hardcover, inclusief stofomslag; 2004; The Monacelli Press; 160pp.; Conditie: Goed; Original cloth with blind stamped spine, dust jacket, richly illustrated with (full page) b/w photographs, unpaged, 4to.; Engels; ISBN10: 1580931499, ISBN13: 9781580931496
Antiquariaat KlondykeProfessional sellerBook number: 329572-AD20
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Catalogue: Kunst/Fotografie
Keywords: Fotografie (Kunst)
The Biography of a Building. How Robert Sainsbury and Norman Foster Built a Great Museum
London, Thames and Hudson. 2011, First Edition. Black Cloth with dust jacket, 235mm. x 160mm. Book, 240 pages, colour & b/w illustrations. Minor wear, sl. soiled to top edge, some soiling, scratch, some delamination to dustjacket. [721]. (ISBN: 9780500342763) , Very Good/Very Good.
William GlynnProfessional sellerBook number: 017477
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Catalogue: Architecture
Keywords: Art Architecture Building History Museums Collections 9780500342763
City Life - Urban Expectations in a New World
New York, Harper Collins. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002550628). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine non-price clipped dustjacket. The author is Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania and an acclaimed writer of cultural and domestic history. In this book he examines what we want from cities, how they have evolved and what accounts for their unique identities, from early Colonial settlements to the advent of the skyscraper, from changes wrought by technology, transportation and telecommunication and how urban spaces have been shaped by landscape and lifestyle. Marvelous detail of such cities as Montreal, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Savannah, Boston, New Orleans and Charleston. B2C. Fine/Fine.
Goldring BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 002891
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 10.05 | JP¥ 1572]
Catalogue: Art / Artists / Architecture
Keywords: Urbanism, History and Development of Canadian and American Cities, Canadian and American Cultural History 0002550628
City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World
New York, Scribner, c1995. 1st printing. Hardcover. 256p. Very good condition/good.
Brookline Village BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 014420
USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 15 | £UK 12.75 | JP¥ 2503]
Keywords: Architecture Architecture Cities and Towns
City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World
NY: Harper Collins, 1995. 1st printing of 1st edition., fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., The author explores what we want from a city, how it evolves & what accounts for its unique identity.
Lorrin Wong, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 628024
USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1408]
Catalogue: Architecture: design, theory & criticism
Keywords: 2550628
City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World
Scarborough, ON, Canada, HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0002550628. Fine in Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.256 with index. clean tight copy. Fine/Fine.
Judith Patton BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 007556
CAD 15.95 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 11.66 | £UK 9.5 | JP¥ 1824]
Keywords: ARCHITECTURE CITY AND TOWN LIFE 0002550628
City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World
N.Y. Scribner, 1995. Soft cover. 0684813025. Fine 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.256 with index. clean tight copy. Fine.
Judith Patton BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 007562
CAD 15.95 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 11.66 | £UK 9.5 | JP¥ 1824]
Keywords: CITIES TOWNS UNITED STATES CITY 0684813025
CITY LIFE - Urban expectations in a New World.
Toronto, Harper Collins Publishers, 1995. 1st edition. Brown cloth / red boards, 21cmx15cm, Fine copy. Jacket design by Calvin Chu. In this book Rybczynski looks at what we want from cities, how they have evolved and what accounts for their unique identities. In this description of everything from the early colonial settlements to the advent of the skyscrapers to the changes wrought by technology, transportation and telecommunication and how urban spaces have been shaped by the landscapes and lifestyles of the new world. With marvelous detail of such cities as Montreal, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Savannah, Boston, New Orleans and Charleston. Contents: 1). Why aren't our cities like that? 2). The measure of a town. 3). A new, uncrowded world. 4). A Frenchman in New York. 5). In the land of the dollar. 6). Civic art. 7). High hopes. 8). Country homes for city people. 9). The new downtown. 10). The best of both worlds. With notes and index. 256 pag.
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Catalogue: Algemeen - General
Keywords: baltimore brooklyn daniel burnham cincinnati grid planning haussmann london malls olmdted paris railroads rome san francisco suburbs alexis de tocqeville urbanism
City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World.
New York, Scribner, 1995. 2nd. Hardcover., Vg (See Description), Vg/Vg Dj Scuffed. Pages: 256.
Vintage BooksProfessional sellerBook number: MASTER147801I
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Catalogue: Us_hist
A Clearing in the Distance : Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century
New York, Scribner, c1999. Hardcover. 480p. illus. 25 cm. Very good condition/good.
Brookline Village BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 31378
USD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.5 | £UK 17.75 | JP¥ 3442]
Catalogue: Biography & Genealogy
Keywords: Biography Olmsted, Frederick Law Landscape Architecture
A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th century.
NY, Touchstone, (1999). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. Olmsted's role as a major cultural figure at the epicenter of 19th century American history. Remainder mark.
Crabtree's Collection Old BooksProfessional sellerBook number: BOOKS026644I
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Catalogue: Biography
A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century
New York : Touchstone, published by Simon & Schuster, 2000. 8vo. 480 pp. Very Good. Soft Cover. Illustrated paper wraps. Some shelf wear, and crease at top right corner. B&W frontispiece; illustrations and plates. ISBN: 0684865750 9780684865751. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz (1919-2019). .
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Catalogue: Books
Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century.
New York, Scribner, 2003. Later Printing. Trade Paperback., Vg in Wraps. Pages Clean & Tight. Pages: 480.
Vintage BooksProfessional sellerBook number: MASTER318408I
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Catalogue: Us_hist