Middleton, Michael

Group Practice in Design. With a Note by Misha Black

New York: George Braziller, (1969). (1969). New York: George Braziller, (1969). (1969). Very good. - Quarto, 10 inches high by 7-5/8 inches wide. Light green cloth titled in gilt and white on the spine, in a printed blue dust wrapper. The edges of the rubbed dust jacket are chipped. 303 pages, with profuse illustrations throughout. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. Very good .

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Book number: 21967

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: ARCHITECTURE; DESIGN; GROUP PRACTICE IN DESIGN; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; INTERIOR DESIGN; COMMUNICATIONS; CONSTRUCTION; MICHAEL MIDDLETON; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Mitchell, Ehrman B.; Giurgola, Romaldo

Mitchell/Giurgola Architects

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. (1983). (1983). New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. (1983). (1983). Good. - Quarto [approximately 10 inches square], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed with the head of the spine lightly chipped. 271 pages. Profuse photographic illustrations, drawings & architectural plans in color and black & white. There is a date stamp on the inside rear wrap & the top corners of the last 30 pages are bumped. Good.

First edition.

Foreword by Kenneth Frampton. Good .

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Book number: 22676

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: ARCHITECTURE; AMERICAN ARCHITECTS; MITCHELL/GIURGOLA ARCHITECTS; EHRMAN B. MITCHELL; ROMALDO GIURGOLA; KENNETH FRAMPTON; ILLUSTRATIONS; ARCHITECTURAL PLANS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Moore, Charles Herbert

Development & Character of Gothic Architecture

London and New York: Macmillan and Co. 1890. 1890. London and New York: Macmillan and Co. 1890. 1890. Fair. - Octavo, dark green cloth titled in gilt on spine. The covers are bumped & dampstained with small areas of bubbling to the cloth of the front cover; the head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. xix & 333 pp. & 2- page publisher's catalog. The rear hinge is starting; an owner's book label is mounted on the front pastedown & there are some light pencil markings in the margins of the text; there is scattered light foxing. Full- page & textual illustrations in B&W. Good only.

First edition.

The author was a Catskill, N.Y. artist. Fair .

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Book number: 27296

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: ARCHITECTURE; HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE; GOTHIC; CHARLES HERBERT MOORE; CATSKILL ARTIST; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Morisseau, James J

The New Schools

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, (1972). (1972). New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, (1972). (1972). Very good. - Quarto [10-1/8 inches square], white paper covered boards in a dust wrapper. The rear board is a bit darkened & slightly soiled. The dust jacket is darkened around the edges and slightly rubbed & soiled. 128 pages, including 2-page publisher's catalog. Illustrated with numerous architectural plans in black & white. Very good.

A title in the series "Design and Planning". This volume contains data and plans for sixty-five schools, most of them examplifying the "recent transformation from egg- crate school architecture to open-plan, flexible design". Very good .

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Book number: 21813

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: ARCHITECTURE; PLANNING; THE NEW SCHOOLS; DESIGN AND PLANNING SERIES; JAMES J. MORISSEAU; ARCHITECTURAL PLANS; BUILDING; CONSTRUCTION.

Muehlig, Linda

Undomesticated Interiors / October 17, 2003 - January 18, 2004 / Photographing Undomesticated Interiors / October 31, 2003 - January 4, 2004. (Catalog)

Northampton, Massachusetts: Smith College Museum of Art, (2003). (2003). Northampton, Massachusetts: Smith College Museum of Art, (2003). (2003). Fine. - Quarto, 11 inches high by 9 inches wide. Softcover, bound in color pictorial wraps. The edges are slightly rubbed and there is a very faint tiny stain to the front cover. 120 pages, profusely illustrated throughout in black & white and in color. Near fine.

Text by Linda Muehlig, with additional essays by Aprile Gallant, Mimi Hellman and Sandy Skoglund. Fine .

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Book number: 20155

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: ARCHITECTURE; INTERIOR DESIGN; PHOTOGRAPHY; ART; APRILE GALLANT; LINDA MUEHLIG; MIMI HELLMAN; SANDY SKOGLUND; UNDOMESTICATED INTERIORS; PHOTOGRAPHING UNDOMESTICATED INTERIORS; EXHIBITION CATALOG; SMITH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART; NORTHAMPTON.

Newbolt, W. C. E.; et al

Cathedrals of England. Second Series

New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1899. 1899. New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1899. 1899. Very good. - Octavo, royal blue & gilt-ruled white cloth, titled in gilt on the spine with a coat of arms in blue & gilt on the front cover, in a royal blue cloth dust wrapper. The top edge is gilt. There is a small stain to the bottom corner of the rear cover. The dust jacket is rubbed with the spine & extremities faded. The head of the jacket spine & the tops of the folds are lightly chipped & frayed. 351 pages. Profuse black-and-white plates & textual illustrations in black & white. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 21863

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: ARCHITECTURE; RELIGION; HISTORY; ENGLISH; CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND; W. C. E. NEWBOLT; ILLLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION;

Nicoletti, A. M.; Manara, E.; Bozzo, G

Genova: IL Palazzo Della Nuova Borsa

(Genova): Sagep, (1999). (1999). (Genova): Sagep, (1999). (1999). Very good. - Quarto [12 inches high by 9-5/8 inches wide], cloth, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed. 109 & [2] pages. Profusely illustrated in color & black & white. Near fine.

The text is in Italian. Very good .

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Book number: 24602

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: ARCHITECTURE; INTERIOR DECORATION; ITALY; GENOA; EXCHANGE; COMMERCE; COMMERCIAL; GENOVA: IL PALAZZO DELLA NUOVA BORSA; PALAZZO DELLA NUOVA BORSA; NUOVA BORSA; A. M. NICOLETTI; E. MANARA; G. BOZZO; RESTORATION.

(Mel'nikov, Konstantin S.). Fosso, Mario; Macel, Otakar; Meriggi, Maurizio; editors.

Konstantin S. Mel'Nikov and the Construction of Moscow.

(Milano, Italy): Skira, (2000). (2000). - Quarto [11-1/4 inches high by 8-1/2 inches high], cloth in a pictorial dust wrapper. The top edge of the dust jacket is slightly darkened. 309 pages. Profuse black-and-white illustrations, including architectural plans & photographs of architectural models. Near fine.

First edition.

The text, which is in English, includes essays by Guido Canella, Dietrich Schmidt, Jurij Volcok and the three editors. Very good .

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Book number: 96682

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: ARCHITECTURE; URBAN ARCHITECTURE; RUSSIAN ARCHITECT; KONSTANTIN S. MEL'NIKOV AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MOSCOW; MARIO FOSSO; OTAKAR MACEL; MAURIZIO MERIGGI; GUIDO CANELLA; DIETRICH SCHMIDT;JURIJ VOLCOK; ILLUSTRATIONS; ARCHITECTURAL MODELS; ARCHITECTURAL

(Olbrich, Joseph Maria). Haiko, Peter; Krimmel, Bernd

Joseph Maria Olbrich: Architecture. Complete Reprint of the Original Plates of 1901-1914

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. (1988). (1988). New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. (1988). (1988). Very good. - Quarto [13-1/4 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], dark blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is very lightly bumped & rubbed and there is a small, light stain to the top corner of the front cover. 294 pages. Profusely illustrated with 16 color plates & 294 full-page & textual black-and-white illustrations, including numerous architectural plans. There are remainder marks on the bottom edge. Very good.

With texts by Peter Haiko and Bernd Krimmel and a catalog of works by Renate Ulmer. Translated from the German by Edward Vance Humphrey. Very good .

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Book number: 23927

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: ARCHITECTURE; GERMAN ARCHITECT; JOSEPH MARIA OLBRICH: ARCHITECTURE. Complete reprint of the original plates of 1901-1914; PETER HAIKO; BERNAD KRIMMEL; CATALOG OF WORKS; RENATE ULMER; PLATES; ILLUSTRATIONS; ARCHITECTURAL PLANS.

(Arquitectonica; Gehry, Frank; Hadid, Zaha; Johnson, Philip; Libeskind, Daniel; Starck, Philippe; et al). Papadakis, Andreas; Broadbent, Geoffrey; and Toy, Maggie; editors

Free Spirit in Architecture. Omnibus Volume

(London, U.K.): Academy Editions, (1992). (1992). (London, U.K.): Academy Editions, (1992). (1992). Very good. - Quarto [approximately 12-1/4 inches high by 10-1/4 inches wide], blue cloth in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed. 261 pages. Profuse photographic illustrations, drawings & architectural plans in color and black & white. There is a small area of very light soiling to the front endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

First edition.

A study of the free spirit of architecture in the late twentieth century. Very good .

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Book number: 25457

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: ARCHITECTURE; LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE; ARCHITECTS; FREE SPIRIT IN ARCHITECTURE; ANDREAS PAPADAKIS; GEOFFREY BROADBENT; MAGGIE TOY; ARQUITECTONICA; ZAHA HADID; FRANK GEHRY; PHILIP JOHNSON; DANIEL LIBESKIND; PHILIPPE STARCK; ILLUSTRATIONS; DRAWI

Parsons, William Edward. (1872-1939). American architect. Parsons "of the class of 1897" is listed as a recipient of a Columbia University McKim Fellowship in Architecture.

Autograph Note Signed by American Architect William Edward Parsons on a Copy of a Brochure Announcing Columbia University's Sixth Competition for the Mckim Fellowships in Architecture.

(New York): Columbia University, (1901). (1901). - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], softcover. An autograph note is penciled on the top right corner of the first page of a 4-page brochure printed on cream colored paper with the fourth side left blank. Signed "W. E. Parsons". The edges of the first page are slightly darkened & there is some staining to its top edge, affecting a few letters of the note. There is a small stain to the bottom edge of each page. Good. Parsons notes on the brochure that "Enquiries will probably be made Friday of this week, will send place and date later -". William Edward Parsons [1872-1939] was an American architect who earned a B.S. degree from Columbia University,studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and received a B.F.A. from Yale. He later became a consulting architect to the U.S. government in the Philippines, moved to Chicago where he worked as an architect until 1938 and served for a year as associate professor of architecture at Yale. Among his important designs were the United States Botanical Gardens and the Federal Trade Commission Building. Good .

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Book number: 96096

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: ARCHITECTURE; AMERICAN ARCHITECT; WILLIAM EDWARD PARSONS; AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED; ANS; A.N.S.; SIGNATURE; COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MCKIM FELLOWSHIPS IN ARCHITECTURE.

Pass, David

Vallingby and Farsta--from Idea to Reality: The New Community Development Process in Stockholm

(Cambridge, MA and London, U.K.: The MIT Press), (1973). (1973). (Cambridge, MA and London, U.K.: The MIT Press), (1973). (1973). Very good. - Small quarto [approximately 10 inches high by 7 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The head of the spine is faded. The dust jacket is lightly chipped with some minor soiling and its top edge is slightly darkened. xiii, [1] leaf &190 pages. Illustrated in black & white with maps, plans, tables & photographic illustrations. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 30582

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: ARCHITECTURE; URBAN PLANNING; SWEDEN; SUBURBS; VALLINGBY AND FARSTA--from Idea to Reality: The New Community Development Process in Stockholm; COMMUNITY PLANNING; PUBLIC PROJECT; PRIVATE ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT; DAVID PASS; PLANNING PROCESS; PUBLIC DOCUMEN

(Architectural Record)

The Architectural Record. Vol. 56, No 2. August, 1924. Serial 311

New York: F.W. Dodge Corporation, 1924. 1924. New York: F.W. Dodge Corporation, 1924. 1924. Good. - Small quarto, 10-5/8 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed greenish wraps titled on the front cover and the spine with a vignette on the front cover. The covers are rubbed and soiled and the head and tail of the spine are quite chipped with a piece out from the tail of the spine. 50 and 134 pages, with a full-page monochrome frontispiece after an etching by Charles F.W. Mieletz and profuse black & white illustrations and plates throughout, including pictorial ads. Good.

The contents of this monthly architectural periodical includes William D. Foster's essay "A French Expression of Modern Architecture", Frank Chouteau Brown's "Low Rental Housing, Suburban Type, Part I", Charles H. Moore's "Ruskin as Critic of Architecture", "Andalusian Gardens and Patios" by Mildred Stapley and Arthur Byne, and "The Architectural Significance of the Rice Mills of Charleston, S.C." by Samuel Lapham, Jr. The plate section includes depictions of New York's Peg Woffington Coffee House, the San Joaquin Light and Power Company building, the Boston & Maine Railroad Station, St. Mark's Church in Philadelphia, etc. Good .

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Book number: 25397

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: ARCHITECTURE; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; PERIODICAL; 1924; TWENTIETH CENTURY; AMERICAN; JOURNAL; MONTHLY; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; ANDALUSIAN GARDENS AND PATIOS; MILDRED STAPLEY; ARTHUR BYNE; RICE MILLS OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA; LOW TENTAL HOUSING; FRE

Redstone, Louis G.

Louis G. Redstone: From Israeli Pioneer to American Architect.

Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, (1989). (1989). - Small 4to, yellow cloth-backed black cloth; titled in black on spine; in color pictorial dw. 182 & [10]pp. Photographic illustrations. Near fine.

First edition. Born in Grodno, Russia, the author escaped from the Polish-occupied Grodno traveling through Europe & Egypt to settle in Palestine where, from 1920-23, he worked as a pioneer to build a Jewish homeland. Settling in the USA, he studied architecture at the University of Michigan from whence he went on to found his architectural firm and author several books on the subject and on public art. Fine .

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Book number: 733

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: ARCHITECTURE; BIOGRAPHY; ISRAEL; ISRAELI; ARCHITECT; AMERICAN; BIOGRAPHICAL; PUBLIC ART; LOUIS G. REDSTONE; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Saalman, Howard

Medieval Cities

New York, NY: George Braziller, (1968). (1968). New York, NY: George Braziller, (1968). (1968). Fine. - Octavo, tan boards backed with a black cloth spine titled in gilt, in a dust jacket. The dust jacket is rubbed. 127 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.

First edition. Fine .

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Book number: 21901

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: MEDIEVAL CITIES; FIRST EDITION; ARCHITECTURE; HOWARD SAALMAN; GATES; WALLS; BRIDGES; URBAN PLANNING.