Search Results: Architecture from Harper's Books, Inc.

[Antwerpen: N.p., c. 1964-1969]. Some of the tipped in photographs loose from their glue backings and lightly curled, appears a final photograph might have been removed, else near fine in vinyl album cover with embossing tape lettered labels affixed to front.. Album of twenty architectural photographs. Quarto sheets in plastic comb binding. Consists of 9 color and 11 black and white photographs, tipped in, some now loose from glue. Various sizes, ranging from 10 X 8 1/4 inches to 8 1/4 X 6 1/2 inches. Some with pen notations, including year, either to margin of photograph or directly to page. On the final page in pencil is written, "Fans Claeys / Luchbac Antwerpen"; possibly this is the name of the photographer. The images document various mid-century buildings, apparently in Belgium. Buildings include two views of an art deco style B.T.M.C. building at night (Bell Telephone Manufacturing Company); others appear to be postwar glass and steel curtain wall structures as well as several images of… Read More

London: Longmans, 1932. Cloth worn through at the spine heel and tips of the bottom boards, else near fine in a very good example of the rare jacket, lightly soiled, faded at the spine, with several small edge tears and tiny chips, but sound and complete.. First Edition. Small square quarto. A document of Frank Lloyd Wright's early career, with a section of photographs at the rear. Uncommon in jacket.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. A near fine copy in pink boards with black lettering. Illustrated jacket with minor rubbing and short edge-tears, else also near fine. A pleasing copy.. First Edition. Quarto. Koolhaas's immensely influential "retroactive manifesto" for Manhattan architecture. The dust jacket image derives from a painting by Madelon Vriesendorp, Koolhaas's wife. In it the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building, their forms softened like a pair of Dalí watches, lie together in bed in apparent post-coital exhaustion while Rockerfeller Center, playing the jealous husband in this surreal architectural drama, emerges from a doorway at stage left and shines his spotlight onto the guilty pair.

London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1914. Light foxing to text block, the outline of a removed sticker to the front paste down, and light toning to the front endpaper; near fine in a near fine jacket with some toning, edge wear, and thin cut of a few inches to the back cover. Quite scarce in such unbelievable condition.. First Edition. Octavo. Important guide to outdoor design by the distinguished landscape architect and designer.

Basel / Boston: Birkhäuser, 1987. A fine copy in illustrated cloth boards.. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Oblong folio. Comprehensive documentation of the major projects of Louis Kahn, with reproductions of hundreds of sketches, renderings, and photographs, mostly in black-and-white. Edited by Sharad Jhaveri and Heinz Ronner. Includes a transcript of Kahn's 1969 lecture "Silence and Light.

London: Architectural Association, 1985. A few spots of toning and discoloration on some plates, overall near fine, close to fine in printed box. Though amply represented institutionally, scarce in the trade.. First Edition. Large square quarto in box. Contains four works on plates (consisting of nine separate pieces), and an unbound booklet with photographs of twenty-one additional pieces, alongside text by Alvin Boyardsky, Richard George Rogers, and David Dodge Gray. The works on plate utilize a variety of material, including embossed glossy paper, silk screened prints, raised paper sculptures in matte frames, and printed Perspex acrylic. Kisa Kawakami's work straddles architecture and sculpture; his often paper based models bridge the conceptual radicalism of Archigram and other 1960s architectural collectives with the private craft work of traditional Japanese paper arts. The multiples included in this box provide a rare glimpse into the work of an artist little known outside of speculative… Read More

1951. Photograph in near fine condition, with soiling and edgewear to the board.. Original 10 1/2 X 13 1/2 inch print by Ezra Stoller mounted onto a 14 X 14 inch board; SIGNED by the photographer. Representative of Stoller's interest in monuments of modern architecture, this image depicts the Fitchburg Library in Massachusetts, designed by architect Carl Koch. Presumably used for publication purposes, the board has several pencil notations written on both sides, with the photographer's stamp and three stickers adhered to the verso.