william rees morrish (7 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : As New. In fine, clean condition, but WITHOUT THE DUST-COVER, clean pages.

v, + 49 architectural drawings (each drawing with 2pp text) + bibliography, 9.5x6 inch red frenchfold wraps, an elegant production with a bit of crimping and a tiny nick to spine panel, also a large (2x3 inch) sticker adhesion someone tried to remove. Internally clean and unmarked, and perfectly sound. Architectural documents 1. The author has mainstream titles in an academic field (chairs prestigious design schools, etc.) but quotes mavens of mythology such as Giedion and Mircea Eliade, and even John Michell on how to "civilize" land-masses. The very first thing to do, he avers, is to give the land in question a NAME. His texts approach strange levels such as dowsing and magnetic nodes.

Etat : Brand New. New. US edition. Expediting shipping for all USA and Europe orders excluding PO Box. Excellent Customer Service.

Etat : New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Hardcover. Etat : New. Through an analysis of works by Architects Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, this book seeks to pursue the role of the architect as community builder and shaper of human experience in addition to their physical impact on the built landscape. A first monograph for the firm, the book introduces the Studio's unique, personal and careful approach to the design of buildings of their own time and place within the culturally rich environment of New Orleans and the Deep South region.

Spiral bound. Etat : Good. First edition. Tall folio, 102 pp. Black boards, gilt titling, spiral bound. Boards lightly rubbed, with minor speckling (like small stars) to bottom inside corner. 49 sketches with annotations and 'Geofacts' for each. Footnotes & bibliography in rear. In the introduction Morrish identifies the loss to earth and man, of the idea of the 'cosmic mountain', and the mounds and hills that define space and place. The terms, becoming merely scientific and geological definitions, Morrish is about reclaiming these connections to the 'Mythic Mountain'. Due to size or weight, this item may require additional postage for international or priority shipping.

First edition. Folio. iii + 102 pp w/footnotes & bibliography. Very near fine in spiral-bound wrappers with a small band of sunning to unprinted rear cover. Forty-nine drawings, with Morrish's introduction.