Glancey Johnathan (3 results)

Navy Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition, First Printing. The "New Moderns" of the title are ordinary clients, customers, and consumers, not a special school of architects or interior designers. The esthetic qualities they are looking for are "space, light, versatility and freedom from clutter. Modern space flows. Conventional rooms disappear, to be replaced by a seamless sequence of living spaces which produce light and airy interiors that make optimum use of available space. Without conventional walls separating rooms, daylight flows through a New Modern interior. Mezzanine levels and open stairs dispense with conventional gloomy corridors." [Introduction] 191 pages, with prefatory matter, including a Foreword by Charles Gwathemy, 250+ color photos, Directory [Sources], and Index. DJ is puckered at upper edges, and has a small loss on front inside flap, otherwise clean and sound; boards are pushed at front lower leading edge; text is clean and strong. : Photos By Richard Bryant (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 400 pp. Photos. Spine bumped. Jacket has light edgewear. Illustrated endpapers. A fascinating look at modern architecture around the world, covering every major movement of the 20th century, and every major architect. Over 400 illustrations. Heavy book. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: New.