Backus Karl (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages unmarked, limited wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Karl A Backus (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. Light wear; Dust Jacket light wear. Solid hardcover. ; "Pragmatism produces shelter, while the pursuit of poetry results in the creation of art. For architecture to exist, poetry and pragmatism must approach perfect balance. Such is the case in this charismatic weekend house in the mountains of Maryland by Peter Bohlin and his associates at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson." - introduction by William Bruder. ; Single Building Series : Process of an Architectural Work; Photograph; 132 pages.

Paper Back. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Backus, Karl A. (illustrator). 1st. 130pp.; SC blue&white w/blk.; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. " .charismatic weekend house in the mountains of Maryland by Peter Bohlin and his associates at Bohlin Cywinski Jackson." Part of "Single Building Series: Process of an Architectural Work" photos&plans.

Single Building Series, Process of an Architectural Work. -- Architectural firm of Jackson Bohlin Cywinski. Photographs (mostly color) by Karl A. Backus, accompanied by site plans, conception drawings, construction plans, elevations, etc. 105 pages, 8.5x10.5 inches. -- Hardcover. Condition: near fine, with near fine dust jacket (lightly rubbed). -- This example in the series shows a weekend retreat in the woods, log construction.

BACKUS, Karl A. (illustrator). JACKSON, Bohlin Cywinski. LEDGE HOUSE: SINGLE BUILDING SERIES- PROCESS OF AN ARCHITECTURAL WORK. Edited by Oscar Riera Ojeda. Introduction by William P. Bruder. Illustations by Karl A. Backus. Gloucester, Massachusetts: Rockport Publishers, [1999]. Small quarto, black cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. The scarce hardcover edition! Fine in nice d/j. $250.00.