Monacelli press 2000 (21 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Trade Paperback. Etat : Used - Very Good. Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown are among the world's leading contemporary architects. Their writings, including the seminal books Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966; Venturi) and Learning from Las Vegas (1972; Venturi, Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour), have profoundly influenced architectural thought. The built work of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates of Philadelphia has had an equally great impact. Through a commitment to a creative understanding of history and the everyday environment and to the use of visual references in the design of buildings, this firm has changed the face of modern architecture. Guild House (1963), the Vanna Venturi House (1963), and Franklin Court (1976), all in Philadelphia, are key examples of a new outlook on the art of building. This landmark monograph -- assembled in collaboration with the architects -- illustrates the firm's work between 1986 and 1998. In his main text, Stanislaus von Moos analyzes the architects' understanding of tradition in relation to the social and urban complexities of our post-industrial, multicultural era. Featured are acclaimed buildings such as the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery in London; the Seattle Museum of Art; buildings for such universities and colleges as Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, UCLA, and Dartmouth; and new works, including the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, the hotel and recreation center in Nikko Kirifuri, Japan, and the administration building for the DÃ partement de la Haute-Garonne in Toulouse, France. Used copy with light wear. cover spine faded.…

Hardcover. Etat : Used - Very Good. From the era of Christopher Columbus, and even earlier, colonists left their home countries to venture to far-away lands. As they settled permanently into outposts in the farthest reaches of the globe, the colonists built residences that combined the architecture of their countries of origin with the design characteristics of their new lands. Such a synthesis of tradition and regionalism created the unusual hybrid designs of many of the world's most elegant and beautiful houses and estates. For this volume, author and photographer Ovidio Guaita has traveled to dozens of countries to trace the many paths of the colonists: from England to North America, the West Indies, the Far East, and Australia; from Portugal to Brazil, Madeira, and Malaysia; from Holland to South Africa and the East Indies; from Oman to Zanzibar; from China to Korea; and more. Each conjunction of local and foreign cultures formed unique and immediately recognizable styles: British neoclassical architecture in the colors of the tropics; functional European wood structures highlighted by geometric Arabian tracery. Guaita's dazzling color photographs also show decorative elements derived from blending two different cultures. The Omani door, for instance, retains its importance in colonies on Zanzibar and along the coast of Kenya; the distinctive form and color of the Chinese roof, which represent social status, are also present in Korea and Taiwan. The author's fascinating study portrays the rich cultural and architectural legacy resulting from different cultures meeting and coming together. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector.…

Hardcover. Etat : Used - Very Good. From the era of Christopher Columbus, and even earlier, colonists left their home countries to venture to far-away lands. As they settled permanently into outposts in the farthest reaches of the globe, the colonists built residences that combined the architecture of their countries of origin with the design characteristics of their new lands. Such a synthesis of tradition and regionalism created the unusual hybrid designs of many of the world's most elegant and beautiful houses and estates. For this volume, author and photographer Ovidio Guaita has traveled to dozens of countries to trace the many paths of the colonists: from England to North America, the West Indies, the Far East, and Australia; from Portugal to Brazil, Madeira, and Malaysia; from Holland to South Africa and the East Indies; from Oman to Zanzibar; from China to Korea; and more. Each conjunction of local and foreign cultures formed unique and immediately recognizable styles: British neoclassical architecture in the colors of the tropics; functional European wood structures highlighted by geometric Arabian tracery. Guaita's dazzling color photographs also show decorative elements derived from blending two different cultures. The Omani door, for instance, retains its importance in colonies on Zanzibar and along the coast of Kenya; the distinctive form and color of the Chinese roof, which represent social status, are also present in Korea and Taiwan. The author's fascinating study portrays the rich cultural and architectural legacy resulting from different cultures meeting and coming together. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.…

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fine in oversized pictorial wraps. Bright, snug, unmarked; as new.

First edition Fine and bright blue boards in near fine pictorial dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Beautifully illustrated and dramatic with color photographs. Tiniest dot to bottom edge which bothers none of the text.

Trade Paperback. Etat : Used - Very Good. Robert Risko's celebrity caricatures are instantly recognizable -- recognizable both as unmistakable portraits of famous subjects and as examples of Risko's bold and fluid style. Risko's career was launched in 1978 when Andy Warhol gave him an assignment for 'Interview' magazine. Since then he has drawn likenesses of hundreds of notables from the worlds of film, television, politics, and culture. In addition to countless images for 'Vanity Fair,' 'Rolling Stone,' 'The New Yorker,' and other major magazines, Risko has illustrated book jackets, video covers, movie posters, and CD packages. 'The Risko Book' is the first collection of his work. Almost two hundred striking images are divided into ten groups: Television, Style, Music, Thinkers, Film, Scandals, Media, Sports, Theater, and Politics. Bill and Hillary Clinton ride the wave of Whitewater across from well-shod Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos; a young Christian Slater grimaces back at legendary star Jack Nicholson; Dolly Parton bursts out of a television set to the accompaniment of Stevie Wonder; Bishop Desmond Tutu, amid a rainbow splatter of color, looks on as Boris Yeltsin has a great fall; alter egos Dame Edna and Barry Humphries face Julie Andrews' split personality of Victor/Victoria. Other famous faces include Julia Roberts, Dominick Dunne, Sophia Loren, Elvis Presley, Martha Stewart, Spike Lee, Giorgio Armani, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jordan, Madonna, Elvis Presley, Jesse Jackson, Claudia Schiffer, and David Letterman. Not only a showcase for Risko's high-style caricatures, 'The Risko Book' is a fascinating portrait of the newsmakers, both famous and infamous, of the last two decades of the twentieth century. Not only a showcase for caricaturist Robert Risko's work, 'The Risko Book' is a fascinating portrait of the newsmakers, both famous and infamous, of the last two decades of the 20th century. Includes portraits of Bill and Hillary Clinton, Queen Elizabeth, Stephen King, Madonna, and Sean Connery. 150 color illustrations. Mild shelf wear.…

Hardcover. Etat : Used - Very Good. The Gwathmey Siegel design process takes the genre of the house as central to the tradition of architecture and a point of departure for all other building types, directing its investigations of modernist principles toward such prestigious architectural commissions as the addition to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Baker Library for the Graduate School of Business Administration at Harvard University, and the master plan and buildings for Nanyang Polytechnic in Singapore. Gwathmey Siegel & Associates' approach both assumes and demonstrates the identity of the house as a formal conception of a structure, as well as an organization of program in relation to spaces. Each house is a test case that can be generalized and used to address fundamental architectural problems: history and context; site influences; arrival, procession, and circulation; scale and proportion; light; the relationship between public and private domains; architectural materials; and the technology of construction -- all of which are prioritized by research and interpretive analysis as tools for exploration and design. 'Gwathmey Siegel: Houses 'presents twenty-two of the firm's residential projects, from Charles Gwathmey's first house, completed for his parents in 1965, to more recent large-scale projects. This magnificent volume comprehensively documents each house with full-color and duotone photographs and detailed presentation drawings. In addition to generous illustrations and Gwathmey's personal commentary on each house, 'Gwathmey Siegel: Houses' features illuminating essays by architect Robert A. M. Stern and noted architecture critic Paul Goldberger. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector.…

Like New First edition hardback complete with unclipped dust wrapper. The book is bound in blue cloth with the titles blocked in silver on the spine and front board, it measures 26.5cms x 21cms and has 382 pages, it is profusely illustrated with colour and b/w photographs, plans, drawings and diagrams. The dust wrapper, binding and contents are in superb condition. Like New / Like New.…

Etat : Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Large octavo. 320pp. Very good indeed.

Heavy quart, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing).

Etat : excellent. excellent. hbk 218pp excellent in dj in protective sleeve as new this is an original printing of this edition and is available for immediate shipping.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Near Fine, not price clipped. First Edition. Jacket Condition: 'Near Fine, not price clipped' Condition: 'Fine' Notes: Binding is square and solid. Dark blue cloth boards; silver-gilt is solid, complete, and bright. Pages are unmarked, clean, and not bent. Dust jacket has minor wrinkle to head of its spine, and a 1cm tear to the top of its back panel: in acetate wraps.…

Hardcover. Etat : Used - Very Good. 'We see architecture as an act of profound optimism. Its foundation lies in believing that it is possible to make places on the earth that can give a sense of grace to life--and in believing that it matters. '--Tod Williams and Billie Tsien The New York City studio of Tod Williams Billie Tsien and Associates has built a practice based on a search for certain qualities: an architecture of serenity, a balance of logic and intuition, the primacy of perception over theory, the connection of a building to its site, the strength of restraint, and the importance of the space 'between.' 'Work Life: Tod Williams Billie Tsien,' the first monograph published on the architects' work, presents photographic portfolios of ten recent works, including the masterful 'scientific monastery' of the Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, California; the sculptural forms of the Phoenix Art Museum; the complex of seven buildings that make up New College at the University of Virginia; and two buildings at the Emma Willard School in Troy, New York. Two sections of the book are devoted to early and in-progress work. The final essay, 'Who We Are,' is a personal exploration of not only the architecture but also the architects. wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector. Great copy.…

4°, 312 S. mit sehr vielen, meist farbigen Abbildungen, Orig.-Pappband mit Orig.-Umschlag. Erste Ausgabe der großen Monographie.- Obere Ecke mit leichter Stauchung, Rücken leicht verblichen. Gutes Exemplar.

8vo. pp. 320. b/w illus. index. wrs.

Folio, dark grey cloth boards, stamped blind lettering to front board, stamped black lettering to spine, 327pp, illus/photos, Near Fine in d/w, Near Fine (loose protective cover) (photos available on request).

4to. pp. 192. profusely illus. (most colour). wrs. First Edition.

28x25 cm. 312 pp. Richly illustrated. Publisher's hardcover, dust-jacket. A very good copy.

4to. pp. 240. numerous illus. (most colour). wrs. First Edition.

ISBN10: 158093014X / ISBN13: 9781580930147 First edition Near Fine, edges dusty slight bumping, rubbing to top edge corner,in clean and bright unclipped dustwrapper. Showing minor wear, slight discolouration, some bumping, and rubbing to edges and corners which is housed in a protective removable sleeve. There are no ink marks or writing. Excellent clean reference example. 16338 Arch. Very heavy, extra International charges will apply.…