Introduction by Vincent Scully (16 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd. 132 pages, illustrations; 23 x 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. *** The pioneering document on post-modern architecture. *** CONTENTS: Nonstraightforward architecture: a gentle manifesto; Complexity and contradiction vs. simplification or picturesqueness; Ambiguity; Contradictory levels: the phenomenon of "Both-And" in architecture; Contradictory levels continued: the double-functioning element; Accommodation and the limitations of order: the conventional element; Contradiction adapted; Contradiction juxtaposed; The inside and the outside; The obligation toward the difficult whole. Size: Oblong.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Dark teal hardcover boards binding with light green cloth spine clean and tight. Slight waviness to pages - improperly stored, no musty smell. 348 pages with index. DJ has some minor chips, shelfwear. Charles Bulfinch, Thomas Jefferson, Stanford White, Frank Lloyd Wright - a few of the nation's master builders introduced and described in this book. Since architects are often overshadowed by their buildings, the men are better understood when we understand teh forces that shaped each one of them. Profusely illustrated. Photos (illustrator).…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 241 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Robert Fabian (Design) (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 160 pages. 10.90x7.90x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Square 8vo, printed papers. 63 pp. Illustrations (a few in color). Covers very lightly soiled, else a near fine copy: tight and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dustjacket included. Later Edition. ISBN 0821216392. Hardback. Later Printing. Very Good condition book, with slight browning to top edge of book, creasing and a couple small tears to upper corners of pages 139-148, in a Good Condition dustjacket with minor chips, rubs and creases to edges, two-inch jagged closed tears to top and bottom edges of back jacket, two-inch jagged closed tear to upper left corner of front jacket, some browning to jacket edges. We have placed dustjacket in a brodart protective cover and it looks better than described. Tight, sound, unmarked copy except for small black remainder slash to bottom edge of book near spine. $60.00 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket. Oversized. No Signature. …

Cloth. Condition: Fine Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Condition. 368 pp., many illustrations some in color. Blue boards with gold stamped letters to the spine. Dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A comprehensive documentation and analysis of the complete architectural work of Louis I. Kahn published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and other institutions, Oct. 20, 1991-Feb. 1, 1994. 448 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm. White card covers, unclipped dust jacket. Shelf wear to edges, mark to back cover, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.…

HC. 352pp ISBN 1920744134 IMAGES Publishing. Photography by Robert C. Lautman. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover). B&W and color illustrations (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 608 pages. 11.00x9.75x2.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 256 pages. 12.25x9.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Grey cloth octavo, with dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by Robert Venturi to art & architecture critic Victoria Donohoe (1929 - 2018). Donohoe wrote over 1,000 articles about art and architecture for the Philadelphia Inquirer over a fifty-year period from 1962-2012. Near fine+ with some very faint foxing to edges of text block. Moderate rubbing to dj, chip to lower right front corner. Inscribed by Author(s).…

First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Robert Venturi and Vincent Scully on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Vincent Scully. Rare and desirable signed by both Venturi and Scully. As Venturi's "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture," Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture expresses in the most compelling and original terms the postmodern rebellion against the purism of modernism. Three hundred and fifty architectural photographs serve as historical comparisons and illuminate the author's ideas on creating and experiencing architecture" (The New York Times). …

First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Robert Venturi who has added a drawing of his mother's house on the dedication page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Vincent Scully. As Venturi's "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture," Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture expresses in the most compelling and original terms the postmodern rebellion against the purism of modernism. Three hundred and fifty architectural photographs serve as historical comparisons and illuminate the author's ideas on creating and experiencing architecture" (The New York Times).…

First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Al, Friendship and respect Bob Venturi." FineÂin a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. As Venturi's "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture," Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture expresses in the most compelling and original terms the postmodern rebellion against the purism of modernism. Three hundred and fifty architectural photographs serve as historical comparisons and illuminate the author's ideas on creating and experiencing architecture" (The New York Times).…

First edition of this essential document of architectural literature. Octavo, original gray cloth, illustrated. Signed and dated by Robert Venturi on the title page. FineÂin a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. As Venturi's "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture," Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture expresses in the most compelling and original terms the postmodern rebellion against the purism of modernism. Three hundred and fifty architectural photographs serve as historical comparisons and illuminate the author's ideas on creating and experiencing architecture" (The New York Times). …