ISBN10: 0810936615, ISBN13: 9780810936614, [publisher: Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York] Hardcover CK4 - Has light discoloration and shelf wear. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
[Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1991]

ISBN10: 0810936615, ISBN13: 9780810936614, [publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York] Hardcover First Edition 272 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Edges lightly soiled. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. Another copy available. One hundred contemporary architects. Architectural drawings. Size: 4to
[Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1991]
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ISBN10: 0810936615, ISBN13: 9780810936614, [publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York] Hardcover First Edition New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1991. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall. Near Fine condition. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Pages are fresh and crisp. Lavishly illustrated with 500 photographs, sketches, and drawings, 80 in full-color. Biographies of the architects. Includes Thomas Beeby, Norman Foster, Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind, I. M. Pei, Aldo Rossi, James Stirling, etc. From the publisher: "All the drawings included are in the hand of the architect, and in them we see every kind of modern building -- from residential to commercial high-rise -- and every style of contemporary architecture -- from high modernism to individual work. Each example is complemented by a short essay on the architect and his or her achievements, and a photograph of the resulting model or built project [The book refers] directly to their original drawings for structures built and unbuilt to sneak a peek at their creative minds. The drawings chosen for this volume were naturally selected for their artistic merit, but also are intended to reflect each architect's individual approach to style and spatial relationships. Essays and brief biographies place their lives in proper perspective." . First Edition. Hard Cover. Publisher's black cloth/No Dust Jacket. 272pp. ...

ISBN10: 0810936615, ISBN13: 9780810936614, [publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York] Hardcover First Edition 272 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. One hundred contemporary architects. Architectural drawings. Size: 4to
[Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1991]
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