A rare copy of a Trammel Crow prospectus for one of their building projects: 122 W. Carpenter Freeway / Las Colinas in Irving, Texas, designed by the architectural firm, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. No publication date, but development on the Las Colinas office buildings began in the early 1980s. The hardcover prospectus features gray, cloth-covered boards with a silver, embossed image of the building on the front cover, and four pages, protected by tissue guards, displaying color photos and drawings of the building's features. Two fold-out brochures for Las Colinas and 122 W. Carpenter Freeway... View More...
288 pages, including Notes and Index. The author examines the buildings in Texas cities in the 1980s, which started with a flurry of architectural exploration and construction activity only to see many of tall completed structures vacant by the decade's end. The title of Barna's book alludes to these empty buildings that created a "see-through" character. View More...
Small chip and edge tear to jacket. 144 pages, with Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with numerous black & white photos. A survey of design and decoration in Victorian England architecture. View More...
Mark to top edge of the page block. Previous owner label on title page. Otherwise, clean throughout. 256 pages withBibliography, Index, and numerous black and white photos. View More...
Fine copy with the exception of a gift inscription on the verso of the front free endpaper. Fine dust jacket housed in a Mylar archival sleeve. 256 pages with Appendix, Index, color illustrations, and map. Foreword by Richard Guy Wilson. From the publisher: "A stunning portrait of the charming and important old homes of the region, featuring storybook cottages in white clapboard as well as ancient mansions in brick and stone." Twenty-four examples of New England architectural history and detail comprise this edition: Henry Whitfield House, Guilford, Connecticut, 1639; Jonathan Fairbanks House,... View More...
207 pages with Appendixes, Bibliography, and Index. Illustrated with black and white images. The "Chicago Plan" to save urban buildings of historical and architectural significance. View More...
Slight rub to the dust jacket and a few tiny scratches on the front panel that are barely visible. Photographic essay on the contemporary architecture and outdoor sculptures of Houston, Texas, with 104 photographs. Limited edition of 5,000 copies. Published with the assistance of the Houston Architecture Foundation. 12 X 12 inches. View More...
Small red dot remainder mark on the top edge of the page block, otherwise a fine copy. 352 pages with Notes and Index. Lavishly illustrated with 200 photographs and other images, nearly all in full color. The author is a leading British architectural historian. From the Foreword: "This book is concerned with how French châteaux and seigneurial residences were lived in from the fourteenth to twentieth centuries, and how the way in which they were used was reflected in their planning and architecture." View More...
Trace of wear, bumping to corners and light wear at the upper corner of the dust jacket, front panel. 264 pages with Bibliography and Glass Glossary. 396 illustrations, mostly in color. From the publisher: "This lavishly illustrated book devotes itself to Wright's formidable contribution to the medium and features a number of powerful two-dimensional graphic designs and a number of three-dimensional units. Stained glass in the USA as well as the technical aspects of glass making are discussed. The majority of his work in glass was concentrated into the first decade of the 20th century when Wri... View More...
Previous owner stamp on title page. 166 pages with 161 illustrations, including 20 in full color and 32 architectural drawings. Volume 13 in the Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art. View More...
Mild wear to boards. The dust jacket has a few edge tears and some large chips. Protected now, with improved looks and handling, in a clear Mylar sleeve. The author uses more than 200 photos and plans to present a range of British houses, old and new. Forty-two houses are analyzed and described in revealing detail. 159 pages. View More...
Scientific Edition, English language. Black leatherette, slightly bumped corners and spine ends. Blind stamped design on the front cover depicting an architectural structure. 376 pages with numerous black and white and color photos of examples of Georgian architecture, some structures dating as far back as the 5th-4th millennium, B.C. View More...
A near fine copy with just a trace of reading and shelf wear. The dust jacket shows some rubbing to the rear panel and is protected now in a clear archival sleeve. Written in Chinese with English translations of the Section and Chapter titles, as well as a brief biography of Joe Ming Chu, this book is a memoir of architectural achievements from Texas to Taiwan, as well as a look back at life, travel, and artistic pursuits. Numerous color photos and architectural drawings document the professional accomplishments of this important architect. Joe Ming Chu, as he was known in the U.S., designed n... View More...
Some scuffing and scratches to the covers. Label on the spine is peeling and worn away in places. Foxing to the endpapers and a previous owner stamp on the front free endpaper. 327 pages with Notes, Bibliography, a section of 152 black and white plates, and Index. Other illustrations include 171 figures and 3 maps, and 2 diagrams. View More...
Previous owner bookplate on the half-title page and the facing page appears to have had a plate of some sort removed (residue remains). Small tear on the top edge of the dust jacket's rear panel, otherwise fine. 267 pages with numerous color photographs (shot 2000-2003) documenting the architecture of U.S. embassies. Endpaper maps--antiquarian and modern. View More...
Rear cover slightly rubbed, else a fine copy. 103 pages. Ten houses designed by Enrique Browne, each illustrated with color photos and architectural drawings. Firm profile and photo credits at back of book. Introduction by Enrique Browne. View More...
Rear cover slightly rubbed, else a fine copy. 105 pages. Ten houses designed by Peter L. Gluck and Partners, each illustrated with color photos and architectural drawings. Firm profile and photo credits at back of book. Introduction by Paul Goldberger. View More...
[xiii] 316 pages. Index. Foreword by Peter G. Rowe (Dean, Faculty of Design, Harvard University). From the publisher: "Built around characteristic features of modern life such as rapid change, built-in obsolescence, indeterminacy, media orientation, a culture of style, and instant gratification, Houston is an ephemeral city, hard to pin down and understand. This title explores the developmental history and architecture of this flat, sprawling, free-spirited city." Cite, the Architecture and Design Review of Houston has published on this topic since 1982. Twenty-five articles have been selected... View More...
