Architecture from Diatrope Books

Brno City Museum, 2018. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Text in English. Inscribed to previous owner by one of the editors. Beautifully illustrated. Designed in 1928-1929 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for Grete and Fritz Tugendhat. This book looks at its history from its origins up to its renovation and restoration in 2010-2012. 2nd expanded edition. 328p.… Ler mais sobre este item

Rockport Publishers, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. 8x8x0. Unmarked text. Previous owner's sticker on back cover. Beautifully illustrated. This volume surveys 19 projects by Santa Monica Modernist architect Steven Ehrlich, which embraces change and is constantly evolving. He shows that tradition and innovation are intricately dependent upon one another, with innovation stemming from tradition and tradition based on reinterpretation.… Ler mais sobre este item

US Pavilion for La Biennale di Venezia, 2010. Paperback. Very Good. 8x6x0. Unmarked text. Illustrated. Exhibition plan. Contributors include Michael Shapiro, Michael Rooks, Jonathan D. Solomon, Emily Abruzzo, and others.128p. Measures 6.5x8.75 inches.

Garland, 1995. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Very clean ex-library book. No illustrations. The essays in this edition determine how writers, especially novelists, both male and female, used housekeeping to construct, reconstruct, represent, and inscribe the female self and condition. Authors include Martin A. Danahay, Laura Fasick, Julia M. Gergits, Jessica Gerard, Maura Ives, and others. Bibliography. Index. 369p. Measures… Ler mais sobre este item

University of Minnesota Press, 2022. Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Unmarked text. Illustrated throughout. Explores how Soviet architects reimagined the built environment through the principles of the human sciences. Examines the theories advanced by El Lissitzky, Moisei Ginzburg, and Nikolay Ladovsky, as well as those of their lesser-known colleagues. 281p. Measures 7x10 inches. .

Imprimerie Zichieri Nouvelle, 1986. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Good. Unmarked. Edge wear on cover. Illustrated throughout in color, including a large foldout of The Visitation. Booklet measures 6.5x9 inches. Text in English. Notre-Dame is a medieval Catholic cathedral, widely considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. This booklet was published before the 2019 fire.… Ler mais sobre este item

Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, 1992. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked booklet. Black-and-white drawings and maps. 44p. Measures 7x8.5 inches.

Scala, 2017. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. 9x5x0. Unmarked text. Beautifully illustrated. Include floor plan and timeline from 604 through 2009. St. Paul's Cathedral, London, is a Church of England cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of London and mother church of the Diocese of London. The present church, dating from the late 17th century, was designed in… Ler mais sobre este item

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1997. Paperback. Very Good. 9x0x8. Unmarked text. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. A behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to bring a solar vision to reality. 187p. Measures 9x7.75 inches. Index. Foreword by Ralph Nader.

Verlag Schnell & Steiner, 2006. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. 0x0x0. Unmarked booklet. Beautifully illustrated. Fifth edition of the Schnell Art Guide No. 523 (from 1948). 55p. Measures 4.75x6.75 inches. The Collegiate Church of St. Stephan, known in German as St. Stephan zu Mainz, is a Gothic hall collegiate church located in the German city of Mainz. It… Ler mais sobre este item

Coventry Cathedral Council. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Good. Unmarked. Scrape on cover. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. 36p. Measures 7x9 inches.The Coventry Cathedral is located in Coventry, West Midlands, England. Undated.

Penguin Books, 1991. Paperback. Good. 5x0x7. Unmarked text. Previous owner's name crossed out inside cover. First full account of Palladio's career. Investigates the reasons for his enormous and enduring success. 195p. Index. Bibliographical notes. Illustrated. Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) was an Italian architect and is widely considered to be one of the most influential individuals in the history… Ler mais sobre este item

American Craft Museum, 1988. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked text. No illustrations. 52p. Measures 7x11 inches. Contributors include Robert Jensen, James Wines, Ray King, Richard Posner, Albert Paley, Stephen Knapp, Hugh Hardy, and more.

Chronicle Books, 2008. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 0x0x0. Unmarked text. Dust jacket (unclipped) under clear mylar cover. Filled with more than 150 photographs and concept sketches. Introduction by John McCosker, Foreword by Renzo Piano, Preface by Gregory C. Farringon. Presents architect Renzo Piano's vision for the California Academy of Sciences, a model for sustainable design at an unprecedented… Ler mais sobre este item

University of California Department of Architecture, 1988. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked booklet. Presents the drawings of Adriano Mason, Vincenzo Pavan, Claudio Roncoletta, architects in Verona. 22p. Measures 8.25x8.75 inches.

The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, 1993. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked text. Illustrated with photographs. Includes a plan. A guide to Taliesin West. Measures 7x10 inches. 28p. Taliesin West was architect Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and studio in the desert from 1937 until his death in 1959 at the age of 91. Today it is the… Ler mais sobre este item

Electa Editrice, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked text. Dust jacket under clear mylar cover. Accompanied exhibition sent to the United States in 1976 by the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio of Vicenza, with the assistance of the government of Italy. 128p. Measures 9x9.75 inches. Lain in article on Palladio by Margaret D'Evelyn, published on… Ler mais sobre este item

Pitkin Pictorials Ltd, 1965. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. 32p. Measures 6.25x7 inches.The Coventry Cathedral is located in Coventry, West Midlands, England.

Pitkin, 1997. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. 7x6x9. Unmarked text. A few small nicks on cover. Lavishly illustrated. Photographs by Sonia Halliday and Laura Lusington. Floor plan. 32p. Measures 7x10 inches. Covers the history, windows, Ancient Chartres and the Gothic cathedral.

Pitkin, 1997. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. 7x6x9. Unmarked text. Beautifully illustrated. 32p. Measures 7x10 inches. Cathedral Plan. Topics include the area around the cathedral, the Church of St. Andrew, the Church of St. Pierre, St. Aignan and the markets, and more. Walking map.