London: Phaidon Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. Date: 2007. First Edition; Sixth Impression. Original cloth. 0714843121 . With b/w & coloured illustrations. Sligh wear to spine, covers & corners. Dustjacket somewhat worn & somewhat creased along top spine & back cover. ; Elephant Folio; 824 pages . 2007. Phaidon Press ISBN 0714843121 9780714843124 [GB]

Phaidon Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. Date: 2004. Hardcover. 0714843121 . Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has wear to the edges. Because this is an oversized book, no international or priority shipping on this title.; 18.0 X 12.6 X 2.3 inches; 824 pages . 2004. Phaidon Press ISBN 0714843121 9780714843124 [US]

Phaidon 2004 Hardcover Very good in Very good jacket

ISBN10: 0714843121, ISBN13: 9780714843124, [publisher: Phaidon] Hardcover First Edition
[Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]
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Phaidon Press 978-0714843124 [978-0714843124] 2004. (hardcover) 824pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture is one of the rare publishing events that lives up to its hype. The book showcases 1,052 buildings completed since January 1998 with thousands of well-chosen color photographs plans, elevations, and cross-sections. Major elements of each project are described in elegantly succinct texts. Rather than simply pay lip service to the concept of "world" architecture, this book ranges throughout 75 countries on six continents. And although the big names in the field are here--Rafael Moneo and Herzog & de Meuron are each represented by nine projects; Tadeo Ando with eight, Frank Gehry with six--the focus is on the ingenuity and diversity of contemporary architecture, regardless of the fame of its creator.The book's global view embraces many approaches, including experimental construction, neo-modernism, postmodernism, reinterpreted vernacular architecture and lingering traces of the International Style. While virtually every building type is included, from factories to museums, from lookout towers to train stations, the largest and most creative category is single family housing. Selected (as were all the projects) by a panel of leading architects, critics, scholars and others, these homes offer a tantalizing sense of what is possible, even on a modest budget. Grouped by country, the residences establish a ...

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