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Hello Folks,

We offer the following books for sale.

Postage is a flat $3.00 per order in the US. Foreign post extra.

Please e-mail us to confirm availabilty of your choice(s) or call
us at 1-704-963-5001 between 11am-4pm EST with a visa/mc/disc card.

Thank you,

Walter

Anderson, Dorothy May, WOMEN, DESIGN, AND THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL,
1980, First Edition, PDA Publishers, West Lafayette, 241 pp.,
Octavo, Very good condition lacking a dustjacket., This is a
history of the Smith College Graduate School of Architecture and
Landscape Architecture in Cambridge., ( 8195 ).., $7.95,

Aslet, Clive, THE AMERICAN HOUSES OF ROBERT A.M. STERN, 1991,
Rizzoli Publishing, New York, 256 pp., Small Folio, Very good
condition with a good, albeit chipped dustjacket., This book
presents 3l of Robert A.M. Stern's most significant houses in the
United States., ( 8222 ).., $45.00,

Baldellou, Miguel Angel & Mendes, Manuel, J. MANUEL GALLEGO, 1992,
Editorial Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 96 pp., Quarto, Good condition
in wraps., This catalog covers the work of J. Manuel Gallego and
provides a chronological order of his work from 1967 to 1991., (
8193 ).., $15.00,

Bedard, Jean-Francois, CITIES OF ARTIFICIAL EXCAVATION: THE WORK OF
PETER EISENMAN, 1978-1988, 1994, Rizzoli Publishing, New York, 236
pp., Quarto, Very good condition with a very good dustjacket., This
book documents Eisenman's attention to the relationship between
architecture and site., ( 8219 ).., $36.00,

Bedard, Jean-Francoise, CITIES OF ARTIFICIAL EXCAVATION: THE WORK
OF PETER EISENMAN, 1978-1988, 1994, Rizzoli Publishing, New York,
236 pp., Quarto, Very good condition with a good, albeit chipped
dustjacket., This book documents Eisenman's attention to the
relationship between architecture and site., ( 8220 ).., $32.00,

Best, Laurence J., APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE: MODERN, LARGE-SCALE
INFORMATION PROCESSING, 1990, First Edition, John Wiley & Sons
Publishing, New York, 200 pp., Octavo, Very good condition with a
very good dustjacket (rm on edges), This work is ideal for anyone
who works for business, industry, or government which processes
information on a large scale., ( 8197 ).., $12.00,

Davern, Jeanne M., LEWIS MUMFORD ARCHITECTURE AS A HOME FOR MAN:
ESSAYS FOR ARCHITECTURAL RECORD, 1975, Architectural Record Books,
New York, 214 pp., Large Quarto, Good condition with a good, albeit
chipped dustjacket., A collection of Mumford's most prophetic and
timely writings., ( 8210 ).., $17.50,

Davies, B. L.; Robotham, A. J.; Yarwood, A., COMPUTER-AIDED DRAWING
AND DESIGN, 1991, Chapman & Hall Publishing, New York, 328 pp.,
Octavo, Good condition in wraps., This book approaches
computer-aided drawing & design from an engineering applications
viewpoint., ( 8189 ).., $8.50,

de Alba, Roberto & Organschi, Aland, PERSPECTA 27: THE YALE
ARCHITECTURAL JOURNAL, 1992, Rizzoli Publishing, New York, 217 pp.,
Large Quarto, Very good condition in wraps., ( 8217 ).., $18.00,

Diamonstein, Barbaralee, AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE NOW II, 1985, First
Edition, Rizzoli Publishing, New York, 260 pp., Quarto, Very good
condition in wraps., This volume presents a dramatically revealing
portrait of 29 noted architects who now shape our built
environment., ( 8206 ).., $15.00,

Feldmeyer, Gerhard G., THE NEW GERMAN ARCHITECTURE, 1993, First
Edition, Rizzoli Publishing, New York, 224 pp., Quarto, Very good
condition with a very good dustjacket., This lavishly illustrated
volume documents the wave of new building projects caused by the
reunification of Germanyh., ( 8184 ).., $30.00,

Feldmeyer, Gerhard G., THE NEW GERMAN ARCHITECTURE, 1993, First
Edition, Rizzoli Publishing, New York, 224 pp., Quarto, Good
condition with a good dustjacket (dampstain to covers), This
lavishly illustrated volume documents the wave of new building
projects caused by the reunification of Germanyh., ( 8185 )..,
$20.00,

Fiz, Simon Marchan, J. I. LINAZASORO, 1989, Editorial Gustavo Gili,
Barcelona, 96 pp., Quarto, Very good condition in wraps., This
catalog of the work of Jose Linazasoro presents in chronological
order the projects between 1971 and 1988., ( 8192 ).., $17.95,

Frampton, Kenneth; Webster, Anthony; Tischhauser, A., CALATRAVA
BRIDGES, 1993, Artemis Verlag, Zurich, unpaginated, Oblong Quarto,
Very good condition with a very good dustjacket., This book
provides a unique & exhaustive portrayal of all built and unbuilt
Calatrava bridges., ( 8212 ).., $55.00,

Fundacion Faustino Orbegozo Eizaguirre, COMPOSICION ARQUITECTONICA:
ART & ARCHITECTURE NO. 5 FEBRUARY 1990, 1989, Fundacion F. O.
Eizaguirre, Spain, Large Quarto, Very good condition in wraps., (
8218 ).., $18.00,

Gould, Elizabeth Barrett, FROM FORT TO PORT: AN ARCHITECTURAL
HISTORY OF MOBILE, ALABAMA, 1711-1918, 1988, University of Alabama
Press, Tuscaloosa, 317 pp., Large Quarto, Fine condition with a
fine dustjacket., This work covers the architectural history of
Mobile as it evolved from the French Colonial period to end of W.
W. I., ( 8207 ).., $19.95,

Gray, A. Stuart, EDWARDIAN ARCHITECTURE: A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY,
1986, University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, 421 pp., Quarto, Fine
condition with a fine dustjacket., This work presents in detail the
work of more than 300 notable architects & artists of the period of
Edward VII's reign., ( 8182 ).., $35.00,

Guell, Xavier, MEDITERRANEAN HOUSES COSTA BRAVA, 1990, Editorial
Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 144 pp., Quarto, Very good condition with
a very good dustjacket., This book tracess 22 examples of
one-family houses all different ways of acting upon the
geographical frame, C. Brava., ( 8204 ).., $26.95,

Herman, Bernard L., ARCHITECTURE AND RURAL LIFE IN CENTRAL DELAWARE
1700-1900, 1989, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 273 pp., Royal
Octavo, Fine condition in wraps., A richly documented synthesis of
regional building development, demographics, and historical
geography., ( 8202 ).., $14.95,

Howells, John Mead, ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF THE PISCATAQUA: EARLY
HOUSES & GARDENS OF THE PORTSMOUTH DISTRICT IN MAINE AND NEW
HAMPSHIRE, 1988, Whalesback Books, Washington, unpaginated, Large
Quarto, Fine condition with a fine dustjacket., This work contains
300 photos & drawings of the architecture of Portsmouth in the
Colonial & Early Federal Periods of history., ( 8183 ).., $17.00,

Hudson, Karen E., PAUL R. WILLIAMS, ARCHITECT: A LEGACY OF STYLE,
1993, First Edition, Rizzoli Publishing, New York, 240 pp., Small
Folio, Very good condition with a very good dustjacket., This
monograph traces Los Angeles's architect, Paul R. Williams, through
his work & the architectural scene at the time, ( 8215 ).., $30.00,

Hudson, Karen E., PAUL R. WILLIAMS, ARCHITECT: A LEGACY OF STYLE,
1993, First Edition, Rizzoli Publishing, New York, 240 pp., Small
Folio, Good condition with a good dustjacket (small hole in spine),
This monograph traces Los Angeles's architect, Paul R. Williams,
through his work & the architectural scene at the time, ( 8216 )..,
$25.00,

Hudson, Karen E., THE WILL AND THE WAY: PAUL R. WILLIAMS, ARCHITECT,
1994, First Edition, Rizzoli Publishing, New York, 64 pp., Quarto,
Fine condition with a fine dustjacket., This is a unique biography
of Paul R. Williams (1894-1980), the first African-American member
of the AIA., ( 8191 ).., $9.95,

Jencks, Charles, THE NEW MODERNS: FROM LATE TO NEO-MODERNISM, 1990,
First U.S. Ed., Rizzoli Publishing, New York, 300 pp., Small Folio,
Very good condition in wraps., Jencks has continuously discovered
and formed new trends in architecture & here he adds to his former
definitions., ( 8214 ).., $45.00,

Jorgensen, L. Balslev & Porphyrios, D., NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE
IN COPENHAGEN & ATHENS (ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PROFILE 66), 1987, St.
Martin's Press, New York, 81 pp., Quarto, Very good condition in
wraps., ( 8203 ).., $7.95,

King, Robert B., THE VANDERBILT HOMES, 1989, First Edition, Rizzoli
Publishing, New York, 194 pp., Quarto, Very good condition with a
very good dustjacket., This work features 24 of the most
spectacular of the Vanderbilt residences with many color
photographs., ( 8187 ).., $25.00,

Lloyd, S. & Muller, H. W., ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE, 1986, First U.S.
Ed., Rizzoli Publishing, New York, 192 pp., Quarto, Very good
condition in wraps., One of the History of World Architecture
series where the authors examine the characteristic architecture of
each culture., ( 8190 ).., $18.00,

Macaulay, David, CASTLE, 1977, Houghton-Mifflin Publishing, Boston,
unpaginated, Large Quarto, Good condition with a good, albeit
chipped dustjacket., Macaulay traces the step-by-step planning and
construction of a castle., ( 8209 ).., $8.95,

Macaulay, David, PYRAMID, 1975, BMC, Houghton-Mifflin Publishing,
Boston, 80 pp., Large Quarto, Very good condition with a very good
dustjacket., Macaulay explains the step-by-step construction
process of an imaginary pyramid., ( 8208 ).., $14.95,

McCarthy, Muriel Quest, DAVID R. WILLIAMS: PIONEER ARCHITECT, 1984,
Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, 169 pp., Oblong Quarto, Fine
condition with a fine dustjacket., A book about a man who
dramatically influenced the direction of architecture in the
southwestern United States., ( 8196 ).., $15.00,

Norberg-Schulz, MEANING IN WESTERN ARCHITECTURE, 1983, Rizzoli
Publishing, New York, 236 pp., Oblong Quarto, Very good condition
in wraps., Professor Norberg-Schulz advances in this book a
radically new way of looking at western architecture., ( 8199 )..,
$18.00,

Orme, Alan Dan, REVIVING OLD HOUSES, 1989, Garden Way Publishing,
Pownal, 168 pp., Octavo, Very good condition in wraps., The author
shares over 500 low-cost tips & techniques on repairing and caring
for old houses., ( 8194 ).., $5.50,

Palazzolo, Carlo & Vio, Riccardo, IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF LE CORBUSIER,
1991, First U.S. Ed., Rizzoli Publishing, New York, 270 pp., Quarto,
Very good condition in wraps., ( 8223 ).., $18.00,

Reynolds, Donald Martin, NINETEENTH-CENTURY ARCHITECTURE (CAMBRIDGE
INTRODUCTION TO ART), 1992, First U.S. Ed., Cambridge University
Press, New York, 106 pp., Octavo, Fine condition in wraps., This
book explores the main trends of 19th century architecture through
illustrations and clear explanations., ( 8200 ).., $6.95,

Shoshkes, Ellen, THE DESIGN PROCESS: CASE STUDIES IN PROJECT
DEVELOPMENT, 1989, First Edition, Whitney Library of Design, New
York, 256 pp., Quarto, Very good condition with a very good
dustjacket., Nine innovative projects show how excellence in design
can be achieved while still meeting the needs of the client., (
8221 ).., $20.00,

The Art Institute of Chicago, BUILDING A NEW SPAIN: CONTEMPORARY
SPANISH ARCHITECTURE, 1992, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 185
pp., Large Quarto, Very good condition with a very good dustjacket.,
This book takes a close look at the recent architecture of Spain
in the post-Franco years of transition to democracy., ( 8186 )..,
$27.00,

Vila, Bob, BOB VILA'S THIS OLD HOUSE, 1981, First U.S. Ed.,
Elsevier-Dutton, New York, 284 pp., Octavo, Good condition in
wraps., This is the companion book to the popular PBS-TV Series--it
contains ideas for anyone interested in reviving old houses., (
8198 ).., $6.95,

Villari, Sergio, J.N.L. DURAND (1760-1834): ART AND SCIENCE OF
ARCHITECTURE, 1990, First Edition, Rizzoli Publishing, New York,
103 pp., Octavo, Fine condition in wraps., A book about J.N.L.
Durand who was considered to be the most important architectural
theorist of late 18th-century France., ( 8211 ).., $14.95,

Viollet-Le-Duc, Eugene-Emmanuel, THE FOUNDATIONS OF ARCHITECTURE:
SELECTIONS FROM THE DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE, 1990, First Edition,
George Braziller Publishing, New York, 272 pp., Octavo, Fine
condition in wraps., This work contains 4 essays that treat the
history of French architecture, principles of construction, art of
restoration, et, ( 8201 ).., $7.95,

Warner, Raynor M. & Groff, S. M., NEW PROFITS FROM OLD BUILDINGS:
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE APPROACHES TO MAKING PRESERVATION PAY, 1978,
McGraw-Hill Publishing, New York, 291 pp., Quarto, Good condition
with a good, albeit chipped dustjacket., This work is based on 71
case studies of successful preservation., ( 8205 ).., $8.95,

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