Published by Bulfinch Pr, 1992
ISBN 10: 0821219308 ISBN 13: 9780821219300
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hardcover. Condition: Good. Tobias, Richard (illustrator).
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Published by OUP USA 31/08/1995, 1995
ISBN 10: 0195083784 ISBN 13: 9780195083781
Seller: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. Richard Tobias (illustrator). This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
ISBN 10: 3593349051 ISBN 13: 9783593349053
Seller: medimops, Berlin, Germany
Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.
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Published by Bulfinch Press, Boston, 1992
Seller: Charles Lewis Best Booksellers, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First American Edition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full gilt-embossed British-blue cloth with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 320, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &ct. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. . Wiki notes: "Kostof's approach to architectural history emphasized urbanism as well as architecture and showed how architectural works are embedded in their physical and social contexts. Commonly accepted today, Kostof's approach was a break with previous directions in architectural history which tended to emphasize the sequence of styles and to study architectural works in relative isolation from their settings. Kostof's textbook, A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals (1985) embodied these ideas and soon became one of the standard texts in the field. In 1987, Kostof hosted a five-part PBS series, America by Design. Kostof's publications were wide-ranging and included The Architect: Chapters in the History of the Profession; The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History; America by Design; and The City Assembled: Elements of Urban Form through History. In 1993, following his death, the Society of Architectural Historians established the "Spiro Kostof Award", to recognize books "in the spirit of Kostof's writings," particularly those that are interdisciplinary and whose content focuses on urban development, the history of urban form, and/or the architecture of the built environment.
Published by Bulfinch Pr, 1992
ISBN 10: 0821219308 ISBN 13: 9780821219300
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Tobias, Richard (illustrator). First Edition. A very good copy of the first North American ediiton, hardcover in jacket.
Published by Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford, 1995
ISBN 10: 0195083784 ISBN 13: 9780195083781
Hardcover. Richard Tobias (illustrator). Revised. Two-thirds tan cloth boards with brown spine, gilt letters on spine, olive & color illus. dust jacket, 792 pp., BW & color illus.; weighs 5.25 lbs. Kostof's "magisterial work" on the history of architecture "has now been revised and expanded by Greg Castillo, Kostof's colleague and literary executor. Insightful, engagingly written, and graced with almost a thousand illustrations, the Second Edition of this classic volume offers a sweeping narrative that examines architecture as it reflects the social, economic, and technological systems of human history. . This book is at once a compelling history and an indispensable reference on all aspects of our built environment." (dj). VG/Good+ (Very good but with a small tear - taped - to lower front).
Published by Bulfinch Pr, Boston, MA, 1992
ISBN 10: 0821219308 ISBN 13: 9780821219300
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Tobias, Richard (illustrator). 1st Edition. First North American edition stated. Over-sized hardbound (quarto). AS NEW. No wear to the binding. No distortion from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. The as new dust jacket priced at $50.00 (not clipped) shows no wear, no sun fading. DJ in an archival protector.
Published by London: Thames and Hudson, 1992., 1992
ISBN 10: 0500341249 ISBN 13: 9780500341247
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 320 pages. Spiro Kostof, the renowned architectural historian and chronicler of urban form, presents a universal history of the elements of cities: streets, public places, urban divisions, and the borders of city and countryside. This is both an independent study and a companion volume to Professor Kostof's book The City .
Published by Oxford University Press, 1995
Seller: JBK Books, North Manchester, IN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. 792pp; Index. Contents pristine and unmarked. No ownership or library markings. Color plates and b/w illustrations. DJ flap price of $60.00 uncut.
Published by Zürich, NZZ Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung., 1993
ISBN 10: 3858234095 ISBN 13: 9783858234094
Seller: Antiquariat an der Stiftskirche, Bad Waldsee, Germany
4° (26x24), 320 S., mit 306 historischen Abb. und fotograf Aufnahmen, OPbd mit fotoill OU, Umschlagecken berieben, sonst sauber und wohlerhalten, Sprache: Deutsch. * * * * --- due to EPR-Restrictions NO SHIPPING to Bulgaria, Danmark, Greece, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia and Spain --- * * * *.
Seller: SomeThingz. Books etcetera., Averbode, Belgium
Oxford University Press 1995 Second, revised dition. Bound, halfcloth with original dustjacket, 792pp;, 24.5x28.5cm., illustr. in col. and b/w., in good condition (dustjacket with light traces of use). ISBN 9780195083781. Kostof's A History of Architecture, 1985, was universally hailed as a masterpiece--one of the finest books on architecture ever written. The New York Times Book Review, in a front cover review, called it "a magnificent guided tour through mankind's architecture," and The San Francisco Chronicle wrote that "Kostof.has enthralled a generation of students. Now he has done the same thing for the public at large, in an extraordinary book that is a new kind of architectural history." This magisterial work has now been revised and expanded by Greg Castillo, Kostof's colleague and literary executor. Insightful, engagingly written, and graced with almost a thousand superb illustrations, the Second Edition of this classic volume offers a sweeping narrative that examines architecture as it reflects the social, economic, and technological systems of human history. The scope of the book is astonishing. No mere survey of famous buildings, Kostof's History examines a surprisingly wide variety of manmade structures: prehistoric huts and the TVA, the pyramids at Giza and the Rome railway station, the ziggurat and the department store. Indeed, Kostof considered every building worthy of attention, every structure or shelter a potential source of insight, whether it be the prehistoric hunting camps at Terra Amata, or the caves at Lascaux with their magnificent paintings, or a twenty-story hotel on the Las Vegas strip. The Second Edition features a new concluding chapter, "Designing the Fin de Siècle," based on Kostof's last lecture notes and prepared by Castillo, as well as an all-new 16-page color section. Many of the original line drawings by Richard Tobias, as well as some 50 photographs, have also been updated or replaced, for improved clarity. Visually and intellectually stimulating, this book is at once a compelling history and an indispensable reference on all aspects of our built environment. It achieves for architecture what Janson's history accomplished for visual art.
Published by London : Thames and Hudson, 1992
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Edition; 1st pbk. ed. Physical description; 320 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps, plans ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p311-313) and index. Contents; The city edge; urban divisions; public places; the street; urban process; process against conservation - the life of urban form. Summary; Spiro Kostof, the renowned architectural historian and chronicler of urban form, presents a universal history of the elements of cities: streets, public places, urban divisions, and the borders of city and countryside. This is both an independent study and a companion volume to Professor Kostof's book "The City Shaped" which dealt with cities as complete entities. Now he follows the evolution of their components, and traces the story right up to the present, showing how the issues remain fresh and engage with our own day, often in unexpected ways. He also discusses "urban process": the effect on cities of natural disasters (such as the Great Fire of London and the Lisbon earthquake), war and comprehensive redevelopment, compared with traditional patterns of incremental growth and change. This is at once an exercise in architectural and social history, a case-study for the present, and a pointer for the future. Subjects; Cities and towns - History. Architecture - History. City and town life. City planning. Cities and towns - Growth. City and town life - History. Public spaces - History. City planning - History. Cities and towns - Planning. Cities and towns - Environment planning. Urban Architecture. Cities. Urban Development. History. Architecture and Town Planning. Cities - Environment planning - History Towns and cities - History and development. Civic art and town planning. City & town planning - architectural aspects. Social & cultural history ; Urban communities. Architecture / Urban & Land Use Planning. Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development. Social Science / Sociology / Urban. Architecture / Landscape. City planning ; Social aspects ; History. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 4 Kg.
Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 1995
ISBN 10: 0195083792 ISBN 13: 9780195083798
Seller: BOPBooks, Tauranga, BOP, New Zealand
Soft Covers. Condition: VG. No Jacket. Photos, Plans, Drawings, Maps (illustrator). Second Revised. This impressive and extremely detailed history of the development of architecture from ancient to contemporary times was initially published in 1985 with this card cover reprint in 1995. The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians hailed the publication by saying "The scope of the book is astonishing." This sentiment will be mirrored by those with a deep professional or lay interest in the subject. Kostof was revising and updating his massive work when he died late in 1991. His research assistant Greg Castillo was appointed to complete that work. The book is divided into three major parts, chronologically based, with 29 chapters. 792 pages including credits, glossary and index, 34 colour photograph section, b/w photos, plans. drawings, maps throughout. Colour pictorial card covers few light creases at corners, small, unobtrusive burn or liquid mark at front centre left, this has transferred a small brown mark front cover verso and half title. Ink gift inscription in juvernile print top front cover verso, text block otherwise excellent. Book weight unpacked 2.1 kgs, probably requiring additional postage.
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Published by London : Thames and Hudson, 1992
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Edition; 1st pbk. ed. Physical description; 320 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps, plans ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p311-313) and index. Contents; The city edge; urban divisions; public places; the street; urban process; process against conservation - the life of urban form. Summary; Spiro Kostof, the renowned architectural historian and chronicler of urban form, presents a universal history of the elements of cities: streets, public places, urban divisions, and the borders of city and countryside. This is both an independent study and a companion volume to Professor Kostof's book "The City Shaped" which dealt with cities as complete entities. Now he follows the evolution of their components, and traces the story right up to the present, showing how the issues remain fresh and engage with our own day, often in unexpected ways. He also discusses "urban process": the effect on cities of natural disasters (such as the Great Fire of London and the Lisbon earthquake), war and comprehensive redevelopment, compared with traditional patterns of incremental growth and change. This is at once an exercise in architectural and social history, a case-study for the present, and a pointer for the future. Subjects; Cities and towns - History. Architecture - History. City and town life. City planning. Cities and towns - Growth. City and town life - History. Public spaces - History. City planning - History. Cities and towns - Planning. Cities and towns - Environment planning. Urban Architecture. Cities. Urban Development. History. Architecture and Town Planning. Cities - Environment planning - History Towns and cities - History and development. Civic art and town planning. City & town planning - architectural aspects. Social & cultural history ; Urban communities. Architecture / Urban & Land Use Planning. Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development. Social Science / Sociology / Urban. Architecture / Landscape. City planning ; Social aspects ; History. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 4 Kg.
Published by Oxford University Press, USA, 2020
Seller: Collectors Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgium
Paperback. Condition: Fine. A history of architecture Settings and rituals Special Collection by Spiro Kostof; Greg Castillo; Richard Tobias. Published by Oxford University Press, USA in 2020. Paperback. What makes this title so special is its limited availability. - Publishers Weekly. Collectible item in very fine condition.
Published by Oxford University Press, USA, 1995
Seller: Collectors Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgium
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. A history of architecture settings and rituals Special Collection by Spiro Kostof; Greg Castillo. Published by Oxford University Press, USA in 1995. Hardcover. What makes this title so special is its limited availability. - Publishers Weekly. Collectible item in very fine condition.