Architectural Design, Signed (22 results)

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Blue cloth. 104 pp., illus. in b&w. Signed by first listed author. Also gift inscription on half-title, else as issued. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. Signed by Smith and Parks Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jack in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Architecture; Mississippi. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0963182323. ISBN/EAN: 9780963182326. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 24452.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. T.G. McCary (illustrator). First Edition. Clean tight fresh bright strong NEW copy includes Patterns from Architectural Motifs in detail. . Unique stitchery title. Size: 4to. Signed by Authors.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Black and white illustrations throughout. First edition. SIGNED by both authors. Fine in a very near fine (short closed edge tear at the top of the front panel) dust jacket.

Cloth(Hrdcvr). Condition: VG/VG. Photographs (B&W) (illustrator). First Edition. Natchez, MS: Plantation Publishing Company. VG/VG. (1992). First Edition. Cloth(Hrdcvr). Signed by C. V. Smith. With twelve pages of patterns . 4to., 104pp. .

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. "First Edition" stated on copyright page. 104 pages, w/ index; profusely illustrated. This copy SIGNED by Carolyn Vance Smith on title page. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Quarto. Signed by Author(s).

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($35.00 price intact). Published by Metropolis Books, 2006. Quarto. Stiff pictorial wraps in jacket. Signed and inscribed on flyleaf. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Spine straight, binding tight and pages crisp. Covers have light shelf wear with light bumps to corners. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear and a partially removed sticker on back. 334 pages. ISBN: 9781933045252. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

Paperback. Condition: Very good +. Stated First Edition. Stated First Edition. Paperback. Signed by editor Robin Z. Puttock to title page. Stated First Edition, issued simultaneously as hardcover and paperback, of which this is the latter. 9 1/4" X 6 1/8". xxx, 323pp. Mild shelfwear to pictorial wraps, with Signed by the Author sticker to front cover. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. A presentable signed first edition of this guide to teaching carbon neutral design, featuring a diverse range of innovative archictural design studio methodologies by 20 award-winning professors. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This book brings to light a diverse range of innovative architectural design studio methodologies formulated to educate future graduates to combat the climate crisis through carbon neutral design. Award-winning professors detail tried-and-tested studio methodologies, outlining their philosophical rationale, the role of precedent study, design concept and professional partnerships, the approach to analytics and software design development, required readings, assignment and student work examples, and anticipated future innovation. Chapters are grouped under varying focal points including community empowerment, bioclimatic response, performance analytics, design build, and urban scale, all adopting a holistic view of sustainable design that incorporates technical challenges as well as those of equity and social justice. This heterogeneous compilation of strategies encourages wide accessibility to and acceptance by studio professors, as well as administrators and faculty developing architecture curricula. This will, in turn, maximize the impact on curtailing carbon emissions resulting from the construction and operations of our built environment. (Publisher).

Condition: Very Good. 2013. No Edition Stated. 191 pages. Signed by the author. White paperback book with pictorial cover. Half title page has been signed by the Author and dedicated. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Paper covers are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal rub wear and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1932, First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the end paper. Octavo. 6" x 9" approx. xv, 220pp. Illustrated. Original cloth, rubbing and edge wear. Generally clean within. A 'Good' copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

Gr.-8° paperback in grey. VII 197 pages with many illustrations and drawings. Dedicated by Paul Laseau to Johannes Dickel.Cover on edges sligitly worn,otherwise good copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 104pp, index, num bw photographs, patterns. Or blue cloth in jacket. 1mm nick to bottom of front jacket panel. Photographs of historic houses of Natchez and their architectural detail alongside needlework designs inspired by them are accompanied by a brief but informative text. 12 pages of patterns at rear. Size: 4to. Signed by Author.

hardcover. Condition: Collectible Near Fine. DETAILS: fresh attractive copy, fine condition hardcover, glued binding, heavy illustrated covers. SIGNED on title page in black marker by Bob Buckter 9/21/25 and by Ben Zotto and Anson Moran. ZOTTO, BEN. Bob Buckter: architectural color design, fifty years of San Francisco painted ladies. Photo editing by Anson Moran. no place of publication noted: Bob Buckter Color Consultant, 2025, stated First Edition, 159pp., . New price online 2026 is $45 - Bob Buckter, born 1946. - "A lavishly illustrated celebration one of San Francisco's most influential artisans: Bob Buckter, known to all as "Dr. Color." Since 1970, Buckter has been consulting on colors, transforming tens of thousands of buildings across San Francisco and beyond, while helping define how the world sees the city and its "painted ladies." Bob Buckter: Architectural Color Design is a career retrospective featuring over 120 of Bob's projects across the last half-century. Written by San Francisco historian Ben Zotto and profusely illustrated with photographs taken or curated by Anson Moran, Bob Buckter: Architectural Color Design also includes Bob's unbelievable biography, historical background on San Francisco's Victorian buildings, and profiles of two of Bob's closest collaborators. A bonus essay by Dr. Color himself explains his thought process for color selection and is useful to anyone thinking about their own paint colors-or curious about how a half century of color design principles could inform other disciplines. The book is hardcover bound and printed on heavy gloss paper.". ISBN 9798998710698.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. SIGNED by Basil Spence - British Architect (e.g. Coventry Catherdal). 311pp with b/w illustrations and photographs. Blue cloth board in good condition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Fine Stated First Edition, special Limited Edition, this being number 134 of 1,000 copies. SIGNED by Editor Paige Rense. Beautiful dark blue leather binding with lighter blue and gold decoration on cover and spine, raised ribs on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, all pages and edges are clean (all page edges gilt). Sewn-in ribbon page marker. Silk moire endpapers. No previous owner names or marks. Lavishly illustrated throughout with full color photographs of glorious rooms and gardens across the United States, from traditional to ultra-modern. 287 pages. Book size approx. 9-1/4" x 12-/14". Signed by Author(s).

Leather. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 1st edition, Limited Signed. First edition, hardcover bound in blue leather with gilt decoration and edges, signed by Rense (editor) and limited no. 532/1000, has tiny touch of skewing to binding, some faint shelfwear to edges, very slight bumps to spine ends and board corners, and a touch of shelfwear to gilt edges, otherwise a solid, clean VG+ copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Quarto, bound in full publisher's decorative leather lettered in gilt; edges gilt, raised bands, silk ribbon. Deluxe first edition, one of 1000 numbered copies, signed by the editor-in-chief Paige Rense. A gorgeous copy. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First. iv, 82pp., photos, maps, errata slip. Light wear, small tear to bottom of binding edge of front cover. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Hardcover, no dustjacket, inscribed, signed and dated by the author: "For David George Moyer from Donald Fletcher July 27.53." No significant flaws to this scarce volume, "For beginners in architecture, this book offers a systematic introduction to design"; 212 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A crisp, clean Near Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket. Signed on the title page by noted architectural photographer Julius Shulman whose work is prominent throughout. Unpaginated, 62 plates. Signed by Author(s).

"New edition, largely revised, newly illustrated and entirely reset" (first published 1932). Illustrated with diagrams and from photos. 228 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by the author, distinguished architect Sir Howard Robertson (1988 - 1963), President of the Royal Institute of Architects, to New York architect ELY JACQUES KAHN: "To Ely / In appreciation of your lecture to the RIBA on June 4, 1957"; and with an Autograph Letter laid in from Robertson (one page, June 5, 1957), thanking Kahn for his "splendid lecture" of the night before, and congratulating him on his "masterly" handling of the discussion." Fine association copy. Gray boards, red-lettered spine. Very good copy in dust jacket with some soiling and slight wear Illustrated with diagrams and from photos. 228 pp. 1 vols. 8vo "New edition, largely revised, newly illustrated and entirely reset" (first published 1932).

Loose leaf. Condition: Fine condition. Original artwork. Sleeping Beauty* color drawings: main panel (8 x 16 7/8"); top panel (7 1/4 x 6 1/4"); two wing panels (9 3/4 x 7"). Complete one of a kind concept design on four panels (14 7/8x 30 5/8") in graphite pencil, color pencils, watercolor, and gouache. Exquisite original panorama of four color drawings constituting the design for a building facade named Sleeping Beauty. The drawings were presented in a four panel set by Willy Pogany to renowned architect Julia Morgan, William Randolph Hearst's preferred architect. Pogany had been commissioned by Julia Morgan to design and paint fairy tale murals for the three houses at the Wyntoon estate, California. Though the Sleeping Beauty house (known as Angel House today) was built, Pogany's murals were executed only at the Cinderella House and the Bear House. Wyntoon is a private estate north of San Francisco owned by the Hearst Corporation. The estate was originally developed by San Francisco attorney Charles Stetson Wheeler, his client Phoebe Apperson Hearst and her son William Randolph Hearst. The original seven story house in the Gothic style of a Rhine River castle was completed in 1902 but burned down in the winter of 1929. William Randolph Hearst decided to build an even larger castle designed by Julia Morgan who also had contributed to his mother's castle. Though the Great Depression put an hold to Heart's plans he had already moved 10,000 stones of a dismantled 700 year old Spanish Cistercian monastery to a warehouse in San Francisco to give Wyntoon the desired ancient air. Hearst also had shipped the great tithe barn of Bradenstoke Priory in England to his castle at San Simeon. When Hearst realized he could not afford the $50 million project at Wyntoon he asked Julia Morgan to design a "Bavarian village" in the medieval style of Germany and Austria instead. Hearst sent Julia Morgan to Germany and Austria to study suitable buildings and Morgan designed a group of guest houses with romantic names such as Cinderella House, Sleeping Beauty, and Bear House. In addition to commissioning exterior inscriptions, decorative patterns and carved Gothic decorations the Hungarian muralist and Hollywood set designer Willy Pogany was commissioned to paint murals depicting Russian and German fairy tales. Wyntoon was completed in stages from 1935 to 1941, and appeared in an article in Life Magazine in 1935. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, blackout conditions were imposed on Hearst's home at San Simeon, Hearst and his partner the actress Marion Davies moved to Wyntoon to live at Bear House with their Dachshunds, entertaining guest including Clark Gable, film director Louis B. Mayer, aviator Charles Lindbergh, and industrialist Joe Kennedy with his son J. F. Kennedy, the future US president. In very good condition, centerpiece with minor fraying and two small chips along right edge. Some age-toning generally with some slight damp-staining in top and center piece, a little more pronounced in right panel. * "Willy Pogany created these drawings for Mr. Hearst's estate called Wyntoon in Northern California." (Mary L. Levkoff, Museum Director, Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California; Hearst the Collector, Abrams, 2008) Vilmos András Pogány(1882-1955) was born in Szeged, Hungary. Pogany became a prolific artist and illustrator known for his Art Nouveau style, intricate pen and ink work, and fairy-tale themes. He was well established in London, Paris and Munich before he moved to New York at the age of thirty-three in 1915. Here his illustrations first appeared in Hearst publications like Town and Country, Theater Magazine and American Weekly. Pogany also designed sets for ballet, opera (Le Coq d'Or) and film (Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times). At the West Coast he designed movie set decoration for every major studio. He designed and illustrated some 150 children's books. A seizable collection of his papers and work is held at the Archive West, Orbis Cascade Alliance. The Wyntoon murals were completed in 1937, leaving only one cottage without murals. In mid 1937 Hearst declared bankruptcy and the judge halted the Wyntoon projects. Awards Pogany received include gold medals at the Budapest and Leipzig Expos, the London Masonic Medal, and he was a Fellow of the London Royal Society of Art. The New York Society of Architects awarded him the silver medal for his mural in the August Heckscher's Children's Theater showing Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, and Jack in the Beanstalk. In 1915 at the Panama Pacific Expo he received the Gold Medal for his work The Valkyries, and he was awarded the Hungarian Silver Blue Medal. William Randolph Hearst (1860-1951) was one of the most influential forces in the history of American journalism. Mercilessly caricatured in Citizen Kane Hearst also became a conspicuous movie producer and a voracious collector. An obituary estimated that Hearst alone had accounted for 25 percent of the world's art market during the 1920s and 1930s. He also was an imaginative patron of architecture and design and the greatest individual donor to the Los Angeles County Museum. A remarkable figure in American history, Hearst was part of California's heritage and a dominant personality in Los Angeles. Julia Morgan started her own architectural firm in 1904, establishing herself quickly as a sought after residential architect. One of Morgan's first commissions was to remodel and complete Phoebe Hearst's Hacienda del Pozo de Verona in Pleasanton, California. Characteristic for her architecture was the inclusion of elements intrinsic to the California Arts and Crafts movement. One of her first independent projects was the bell tower on the campus of Mills College in Oakland, which withstood the great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. In 1919 William Randolph Hearst hired Julia Morgan for the first of what was to become a long list of Hearst projects, to design the main building and guest houses for his ranch in San Simeon, California. Morgan designed more than 700. Signed.