Modern Architecture (32 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 170 pages. D Z Phillips "Knowledge, Patience and Faust" / Richard Thomas Tench "A Chancey Business, This Constitution" / Ronald Hayman "Landscape of Relationships: The Vision of Cezanne" / Elaine Hoffman Baruch "Ibsen's 'Doll House': A Myth for Our Time" / Wendell Carl Murray " Lela. A Story" / Donald Watt "E M Forster's Second War" / Michael Hollander "Attitudes to Modern Architecture in post-Modern Criticism" / C A Patrides "The Achievement of Edmund Spenser" (U.(U.P.).…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 80 pages. Abel Torcy "Modern Art in Leeds. The Collection of Mr Sam Wilson" / W T Whitley "Arts and Crafts at the Royal Academy" / G Frederic Lees "Henry Harpignies: In Memoriam" / Recent Designs In Domestic Architecture. (U.P.).

Condition: Very Good. 7 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 23 x 30 cms. Category: Architectural Review; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. De Beaumont offers an extensive memoir of Adrien Marie Legendre, covering his work on number theory, elliptic functions, geodesy, and the mathematical foundations that shaped later analysis. 66 Pages, 1 Figure, 1 Table. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Category: Smithsonian Institution; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition. 4to. Original card covers with die-cut hole to upper cover. Colour and b/w plates.

Condition: Very Good. 35 pages. Mid-century architecture is assessed with an eye to its revival of historical styles and its uneven execution in public works. Leeds contrasts genuine artistic progress with the shortcomings of contemporary buildings, arguing for higher standards, clearer purpose, and a more disciplined architectural vision. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Category: Quarterly Review; Special Interest. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

[1947]. (Oversize paperback) Very good. 123pp. Contributors include Edward Crankshaw (The Russian Way), E.M. Friedwald (Soviet Industrial Production), Maxim Gorki (Three Tales), V. Kaverin (Three Sketches), E. Lampert (Some Trends in Russian Social Thought of the Nineteenth Century), Georges K. Loukomski (New Developments in Modern Soviet Architecture), H.A. Meek (Magnitogorsk), S.P. Turin (The Reconstruction of the Devastated Areas in the New U.S.S.R. And the New Five-Year Plan (1946-1950)). Publisher series: Russian Review 3. Locale. (Penguins). …

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. MODERN ARCHITECTURE 10 Exhibition & Museum: Exhibition facilities, Performing facilities, Museum. Soul, Korea: CA Press, 2003. 4to., 224 p., color and b/w ills. In English and Korean. Paperback. Fine ISBN: 9788977480896 CATALOG: Architecture & Urban studies KEYWORDS.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Includes contributions, amongst others, by Alison and Peter Smithson, Aldo van Eyck, Wogenscky, Erskine, Tange, and Louis Kahn. Texts English, French, or German. 224 p., ill. ; 29 cm. This copy signed in pencil by architect Peter Eley and dated 2 October 1962. First edition, first impression. Grey cloth boards, slight shelf wear to edges, appears to have preliminary page opposite the half title page removed, complete otherwise. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.…

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. A single sheet print, image area approx. 18 x 26 cms. A study of urban Facades with neoclassical detailing and civic scale, reflecting Berlin' metropolitan development. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the period's architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; PRINTS : Buildings & Places; Unframed Prints : Old. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. A single sheet print, image area approx. 18 x 28 cms. A domestic building reflecting contemporary French taste, blending classical elegance with modern comfort. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the period's architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; PRINTS : Buildings & Places; Unframed Prints : Old. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. A single sheet print, image area approx. 18 x 28 cms. A survey of contemporary Austrian design, blending classical tradition with modern refinement. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the period's architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; PRINTS : Buildings & Places; Unframed Prints : Old. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. 3 pages of text; the entire article. A critical overview of contemporary German design, exploring stylistic influences and structural innovations. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the period's architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; PRINTS : Buildings & Places; Unframed Prints : Old. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. A single sheet print, image area approx. 18 x 28 cms. With another page containing another image. A domestic building with neoclassical styling, reflecting urban elegance and architectural clarity. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the period's architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; PRINTS : Buildings & Places; Unframed Prints : Old. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. A single sheet print, image area approx. 18 x 28 cms. A domestic building with eclectic French styling, reflecting mid-century urban refinement. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the period's architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; PRINTS : Buildings & Places; Unframed Prints : Old. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. A single sheet print, image area approx. 18 x 28 cms. A technical and stylistic study of roof drainage systems, reflecting functional elegance in French design. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the period's architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; PRINTS : Buildings & Places; Unframed Prints : Old. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Unbound pages. Condition: Very Good. 2 pages, illustrated with black & white photographs. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 26.5 x 39 cms. Category: Country Life Houses; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

1965. (Hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 146pp. Frontispiece, photographs, illustrations, plan, maps, notes, index. The dust jacket spine is slightly darkened. Contributors include W.F. Grimes (The Archaeology of the Stamford Region), John Harris (The Architecture of Stamford), J.M. Lee (Modern Stamford), H.R. Loyn (Anglo-Saxon Stamford), A. Rogers (Medieval Stamford), Joan Thirsk (Stamford in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries). Locale: ; Stamford--Lincolnshire. (History--England, Description and Travel, Local History--England).…

Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1 book.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Shipped from the UK within 2 business days of order being placed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to. Loose sheets in card folder. 18 single, double or treble folding sheets. B/w illusts and photographs. As issued in heavy card folder, this copy addressed and mailed to the periodical 'Focus' in London. Covers rubbed and frayed at spine.

Oblong 4to. 11 x 8.5 in. 16 pp. With colour illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers, wraparound cover art of pink Church plastic wall tile (minor creasing to couple corners, edgewear), still VG bright copy. First edition, thus of this uncommon mid-century modern catalogue celebrating the inexpensive yet stylish and modern alternative to ceramic tiles, lightweight plastic tiles. These wall tiles were quick and simple for homeowners to install using adhesives instead of mortar, no grout needed, and some produced an interlocking installation method, allowing for aging cracked plaster walls to be freshened up. Of additional interest in this catalogue is the section on the Church salesman's "Portable Showroom" and Stereoscopic Viewer which allowed the potential buyer to see samples, and installation. Worldcat locates 1 copy (Canadian Centre for Architecture); See: Mike Jackson, Exploring Plastics of the Past, Architect (August 6, 2020).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Spiral bound. Articles include: Howard Cleminson 1918-1939; Community Centre by Maxwell Fry; The Bauhaus 1919-1928 by Townsend, Giedion, Korn; Fank Lloyd Wright by carter & Gabo; The Spens report by R.Holland; Competitive Education by Jordan; Port of Bristol development by Hammett, Penoyre & Wheeler. Covers a little rubbed, a very good copy of a fragile production.…

Three vols. 4to. 299, [1]; 284; 284 pp. Double-page titles w/ colour bands at upper fore-edge. With over 1500 photos, many in colour, text illustrations, & diagrams. Orange, green, & blue cloth, white lettering (slight bumping to couple corners), w/ d.j. (slight scuffing, very slight creasing), still NF set. First editions in English of the first three volumes in this series illustrating and describing the necessary detailing in the International Modernist styles of architecture. The details and sections encompass facades, balconies & railings, wall openings, fittings, canopies, steps, gardens, parks, decorative & lighted ceilings, partitions, wall cladding, stairs, floors, fixtures, and more. …

4to. 72 pp. Decorated title page in turquoise & black. Over 100 photos, illustrations, house plans, and diagrams, many in colour. Quarter-red cloth over textured flexible covers, front cover art of Bilt-Well Colonial home, fitted w/ two-car garage, textured glassine endpapers (slight shelfwear, slight creasing to flyleafes), NF copy, w/ tipped-in plan service price list on verso of front cover. First edition, thus, of this lavishly illustrated trade catalogue of Arts & Crafts house plans returning to the print quality and number of house plans offered by Carr-Cullen Co. complete with millwork architectural details as they had during the Roaring 20's. Of particular interest here are the several house plans "Modernistic" and "Semi-Modernistic" architecture reflecting the impact and influence of the "House of the Future" which was a wildly popular exhibit at the 1933-1934 Century of Progress Chicago World's Fair. The Carr-Cullen Company began selling house plans around 1917 under the Bilt-Well Millwork Brand, and their Bilt-Well plan service enabled private clients, contractors, and developers to buy and build a house complete with Bilt Well millwork. The catalogues were used across the country for their Arts & Crafts house architectural details, including plans for garages, barns, and even commercial spaces. No copies located in Worldcat. …

Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1 book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Small folio. Engraved allegorical title signed 'C. G. Amling' + [6] + 39 pages text + 14 folding engraved plates with 68 illustrations. Typographical ornaments. Contemporary half vellum. Enlarged edition, corrected by the author (first published 1664), of this influential German treatise on late baroque military architecture by the Bavarian engineer Heidemann, a follower of Daniel Speckle (1536-89) of Strassburg, one of the first exponents of modern fortification. Heidemann still considered the use of orillons for the protection of the flanks of bastions as essential, a method largely abandoned by that time under the influence of the Dutch systems of fortification. A re-interpretation of his theories was offered by Sturm in his Architectura Militaris hypoth.-eclectico (1702). The beautiful allegorical title by the Bavarian court engraver Carl Gustav von Amling (1651-1702) incorporates a view of Munich in the background. A very fresh copy of this handsome book printed on good quality paper. Jähns 1343; Jordan 1636.…

4to. 78 pp. With 100's of photos & blueprint floor plans throughout. Printed limp covers in red & black, red plastic spiral binding as issued (minor shelfwear, light dustsoiling), still VG bright copy. Third edition, revised & expanded, of this title drawing from the influential Progressive Architecture magazines, designed to inform and educate architects, engineers, and designers in the latest developments of Modern architecture in the 1960's. This one features homes and commercial buildings designed by Jean Trouchaud, Bascom Little, Richard Neutra, Caleb Hornbostel, Robert Woods Kennedy, J. Lister Holmes, and many other influential Mid-Century Modern architects. Worldcat locates 2 copies.…

Oblong atlas folio. 24 x 19 in. [2], 50 leaves, a few colour-tinted leaves printed in green, yellow & black, w/ floor plans, blueprints, and elevations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers, wire spiral binding as issued (minor bumping head of spine, small closed tear, minor bumping & scuffing to corners, a couple tide mark spots), still G copy, w/ interior in VG condition. First edition of this well-illustrated catalogue of Architectural floor plans, and blueprints providing a showcase of early Mid-Century Modern, ranch houses and Colonial revival bungalows. Each house includes floor plans, with architectural details and specifications on verso, as well as additional interior and exterior elevations in many cases. Such notable regional architects have contributed plans, including Edward Barr, Seattle, a couple from Wilson, Morris & Crain in Houston, TX; Thomas Grainger in Seattle; H. Lawrence Coggins in Greenwich, CT; Bertram Weber of Chicago, along with Clinton Gamble of Fort Lauderdale, Fl.…

Oblong 4to. 12 x 8.5 in. 1 printed leaf on thick green-tinted paper. With 18 original linen-backed silver gelatin photographs, sized 8 x 10 in., all numbered w/in negative at lower fore-edge keyed to the printed title leaf. Flexible mottled simulated black calf string post-binder, hidden flaps punch-sewn at gutter margin w/ brown braid, green lettering stamped on front cover, (minor rubbing, shelfwear), still NF copy. First edition of this exceedingly rare salesman sample photo album for post-World War II G.I. Bill homes, featuring a time lapse photo series, and image of the prefabricated small home invented, designed, & marketed Willisway Systems in Chicago, IL. Prefabricated homes became a necessity in post-World War II America, to provide a faster and more cost effective way to build housing for the rapidly expanding households of Mid-Century America, and Home-Ola was developed by two brothers who owned and operated C.W. Plywood in Chicago, IL. These were of light construction, aimed at the $ 3000 market, and attractive to newly created G.I. families who could purchase with not money down. The time lapse photo series begins at 9:00 AM with the prepared foundation, and steel framework which had begun to be constructed at 8:00 AM. These are followed by photos subsequent photos at increments, with the insulated floor panels laid by 9:20; three-quarters of the walls laid by 10:10, stairway installed by 11:20; truss installation began at 1:10, and by 3:10, roofing, and windows were in place. The final three photos show the finished Home-Ola models which were about 700 square feet, featuring a 12 x 20 foot living room, kitchen, dinette & bathroom on opposite wall, steel stairway, and stressed-skin Douglas Fir plywood panels, resin-glued and pre-cut in the Tacoma factory. There are few records of how many Home-Ola homes were erected, and sold, but unfortunately within less than a decade both brothers, Jacques (1889-1948), and Robert Jacques (1916-1955) had passed away, and the CW Plywood Co. sold to outside investors who continued to produce Home-Ola homes until after 1960. Steel production facilities had been vastly expanded in the North American market during World War II, and as the War drew to a close, manufacturers, and steel mills raced to find solutions to keep production rolling, and workers employed, including producing steel frames for housing, steel kitchen cabinets, and more. Home-Ola was amongst an entire class of prefabricated Wood Frame Houses popular in the first couple decades after World War II because of reasonable cost, as well as speed of construction. No copies in Worldcat; See: Looking at Outstanding Prefabs, Popular Science, August, 1956, pp. 71-73; Catalogue of House Building Construction Systems (1960) -- for both U.S. and Canadian Markets.…