Venturi robert introduction (19 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. 2nd. 132 pages, illustrations; 23 x 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. *** The pioneering document on post-modern architecture. *** CONTENTS: Nonstraightforward architecture: a gentle manifesto; Complexity and contradiction vs. simplification or picturesqueness; Ambiguity; Contradictory levels: the phenomenon of "Both-And" in architecture; Contradictory levels continued: the double-functioning element; Accommodation and the limitations of order: the conventional element; Contradiction adapted; Contradiction juxtaposed; The inside and the outside; The obligation toward the difficult whole. Size: Oblong. …

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. 2nd. ***please read*** no marks on text - cover has some light wear - name insidemy shelf location - cover bn9-top*.

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. 2nd. reprinted 2002. With 350 black-and-white illustrations. 136pp 1.29lb 8.5x10.9x0.4in.

Oversized Paperback. Etat : Good.

Paperback. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Cloth. Etat : Fine Condition. Near Fine. 362 pages. Hardcover. Texts in English. Mild shelfwear to the edges of the jacket, but otherwise in fine condition with a tight binding, sharp edges, bright jacket, and clean interior. Many illustrations 21 in full color. Includes acknowledgments, bibliography, chronology, and index. Purple cloth with blindstamped letters to the cover, gilt letters to the spine. Dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover. Book. …

28.5x22cm. First Edition. The life and works of William L. Price (1861-1916), pioneer along with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright of American architecture; including Price's own writings, a chronology and catalogue of his works, and an essay on his Arts & Crafts furniture. ppXIII(1)362 with colour plates, numerous monochrome & other illustrations, bibliography, and index. Hardback / hard cover: maroon cloth, backstrip titled in gilt, front cover with blindstamped title. FINE copy in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket nicked and a little creased at foot of fold between front panel and flap, and with a few minor indentations on rear panel. (Heavy item, overseas shipping at cost.).…

Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. First American Edition. A very good copy in an unclipped dust jacket.

hardcover. Etat : New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Paperback. Etat : new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Hardcover. dj. Quarto, 385 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is white with black print. Dust jacket has small vendor label on rear panel. Boards in black cloth. Illustrated: b&w photographs, color plates (photographs). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Net Desk work area. 1417489. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near fine. First Edition. Quarto. 385pp. Incl. Catalog of Works, illustrated with b&w photographs,of the buildings and details, plus some plans. 8pp. color plates. Incl. "Family Trees: Frank Furness and Clients" and Index to locations.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First Edition. Fine in gray cloth-covered boards and near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and publisher's price clip and replacement price sticker.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Grey cloth octavo, with dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by Robert Venturi to art & architecture critic Victoria Donohoe (1929 - 2018). Donohoe wrote over 1,000 articles about art and architecture for the Philadelphia Inquirer over a fifty-year period from 1962-2012. Near fine+ with some very faint foxing to edges of text block. Moderate rubbing to dj, chip to lower right front corner. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, inaugural publication of The Museum of Modern Art Papers on Architecture in 1966. The signature of James Jarrett, professor of architectural theory and Yale and CUNY, on f.f.e.p., likely his own copy. NF boards. Soiling and light chipping to dj, with small open tear to spine tail. Underline in a light hand to limited pages. …

First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Robert Venturi and Vincent Scully on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Vincent Scully. Rare and desirable signed by both Venturi and Scully. As Venturi's "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture," Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture expresses in the most compelling and original terms the postmodern rebellion against the purism of modernism. Three hundred and fifty architectural photographs serve as historical comparisons and illuminate the author's ideas on creating and experiencing architecture" (The New York Times). …

First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Robert Venturi who has added a drawing of his mother's house on the dedication page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Vincent Scully. As Venturi's "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture," Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture expresses in the most compelling and original terms the postmodern rebellion against the purism of modernism. Three hundred and fifty architectural photographs serve as historical comparisons and illuminate the author's ideas on creating and experiencing architecture" (The New York Times).…

First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Al, Friendship and respect Bob Venturi." FineÂin a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. As Venturi's "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture," Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture expresses in the most compelling and original terms the postmodern rebellion against the purism of modernism. Three hundred and fifty architectural photographs serve as historical comparisons and illuminate the author's ideas on creating and experiencing architecture" (The New York Times).…

First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Signed and dated by Robert Venturi on the title page. FineÂin a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. As Venturi's "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture," Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture expresses in the most compelling and original terms the postmodern rebellion against the purism of modernism. Three hundred and fifty architectural photographs serve as historical comparisons and illuminate the author's ideas on creating and experiencing architecture" (The New York Times). …