Macrae Gibson Gavin (22 results)

Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condition: Good. Some shelf wear Satisfaction 100% guaranteed.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Cover is verygood. Binding is tight/good. The actual cover is different with the stock picture.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 215 pages.

Hard cover. First edition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 215 p. Graham Foundation / Mit Press Series in Contemporary Archite. Audience: General/trade. Fine in fine dust jacket. excellent in excellent jacket, first printing.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1988 Soft cover 215pp. VG+.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. short tears to price-clipped jacket, mild sunning to jacket spine, mild foxing to half-title page, otherwise a clean, square copy, quarto, 215 pages.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Oversized.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Not since the 1920s has American architecture undergone such fundamental changes as those which are revitalizing the profession today. But in this period of great artistic fertility and unrest, there has yet to emerge a critical theory capable of analyzing the conditions and examining the attitudes by which our architecture is being redefined.Gavin Macrae-Gibson is the first of a generation of architects educated in the 1970s to construct a method of criticism powerful enough to interpret this new architecture. The theory is built upon a close reading of seven works, all completed in the 1980s: Frank Gehry's Gehry House in Santa Monica, Peter Eisenman's House El Even Odd, Cesar Pelli's Four Leaf Towers in Houston, Michael Graves' Portland Public Service building, Robert Stern's Bozzi residence in East Hampton, Allan Greenberg's Manchester Superior Courthouse in Connecticut, and Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown's Gordon Wu Hall at Princeton.The author uses urban plans, and architectural drawings and photographs to reveal the layers of meaning present in each building, including the deepest layer--its secret life. At this level the buildings have in common the fact that their meaning is derived from the realities of an imperfect present and no longer from the anticipation of a utopian future.A Graham Foundation Book. Gavin Macrae-Gibson is the first of a generation of architects educated in the 1970s to construct a method of criticism powerful enough to interpret this new architecture. wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. Some underlining. DJ spine faded.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Presumed First. Presumed first edition w/NAP, hardcover, has a very slight skew to binding, a touch of shelfwear to spine ends and board corners, and previous owner's name to base of first free endpage, otherwise a solid, tight VG+ copy in VG dust jacket which has slight bumps to spine ends and corners, very slight edgewear with a short closed tear to top of rear panel, sunning to spine, and some faint rubbing.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Black and white photographs and line drawings throughout. First paperback edition. Previous owner's name on half-title page, else very good in oversize illustrated wraps.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. *Flash Sale* 20% OFF* Unmarked text. Publication sponsored by the Graham Foundation and a part of the MIT Press Series in Contemporary Architectural Discourse. Illustrated throughout, with photographs, plans, and drawings. Buildings include the Gehry House by Frank O. Gehry, the Portland Public Service Building by Michael Graves, Manchester Superior Court by Allan Greenberg, and more. 215p.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Tight unmarked book in merely rubbed card covers. ; 8" x11"; 215 pages.

4to, 158pp, black and white illustrations. A very good hardback copy in lightly edgeworn dust jacket with faded spine. Previous owner's name.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Not since the 1920s has American architecture undergone such fundamental changes as those which are revitalizing the profession today. But in this period of great artistic fertility and unrest, there has yet to emerge a critical theory capable of analyzing the conditions and examining the attitudes by which our architecture is being redefined.Gavin Macrae-Gibson is the first of a generation of architects educated in the 1970s to construct a method of criticism powerful enough to interpret this new architecture. The theory is built upon a close reading of seven works, all completed in the 1980s: Frank Gehry's Gehry House in Santa Monica, Peter Eisenman's House El Even Odd, Cesar Pelli's Four Leaf Towers in Houston, Michael Graves' Portland Public Service building, Robert Stern's Bozzi residence in East Hampton, Allan Greenberg's Manchester Superior Courthouse in Connecticut, and Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown's Gordon Wu Hall at Princeton.The author uses urban plans, and architectural drawings and photographs to reveal the layers of meaning present in each building, including the deepest layer--its secret life. At this level the buildings have in common the fact that their meaning is derived from the realities of an imperfect present and no longer from the anticipation of a utopian future.A Graham Foundation Book. Gavin Macrae-Gibson is the first of a generation of architects educated in the 1970s to construct a method of criticism powerful enough to interpret this new architecture.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Condition: Fine in VG+ d.j. First edition. First edition. xvii, 215p. Illustrated. 4to. Tan cloth with blue titles. "The author uses urban plans, architectural drawings, and photographs to reveal the layers of meaning present in each building, including the deepest layer -- its secret life. At this level the buildings have in common the fact that their meaning is derived from realities of an imperfect present and no longer from the anticipation of a utopian future." (Jacket blurb).

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 4to. pp. xvii, [1], 215, [7]. 215 b/w illus. biblio. index. cloth. dw. First Edition.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 215 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Trade paperback. Condition: Good. The format is approximately 8.25 inches by 11 inches. xvii, [1], 215, [7] pages. Illustrations (photographs and drawings). Notes. Bibliography. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling, and crease at bottom front cover. Gavin Macrae-Gibson received a Master of Arts degree from Cambridge University in 1977, which he attended as an Anderson-Webb Scholar. He received a Master of Architecture degree from Yale University in 1979, which he attended as a Mellon Fellow. He was an adjunct professor at the Yale School of Architecture from 1982 to 1992, and also taught at Columbia University and the University of Miami. He has lectured at numerous other schools of architecture throughout the United States and Canada. In 1985 MIT Press published his book The Secret Life of Buildings, an American Mythology for Modern Architecture, subsequently published in a Spanish edition by Editions Nerea in 1991. Macrae-Gibson Architects was opened in 1985 and has been in continuous operation in New York since that date, winning numerous design awards. Macrae-Gibson Architects specializes in urban architecture and its components. Since its founding in 1982, the firm's intelligent and pragmatic projects have become imbedded in the texture of Manhattan, quietly strengthening the architectural quality of the city. Macrae-Gibson Architects has achieved success by turning the particularly difficult aspects of its urban projects into unexpected, winning solutions. Such thoughtfulness enables Macrae-Gibson Architects to focus on creating maximum concentration of meaning in its diverse buildings and interiors. American architecture is undergoing fundamental changes. Gavin Macrae-Gibson interprets this new architecture in critiques of Frank Gehry's house in Santa Monica (the representation of perception); Peter Eisenman's House El Even Odd (millenial anxiety); Cesar Pelli's Four Leaf Towers (a sensibility of silence); Michael Graves's Portland Building (a concern for the sublime); Robert Stern's Bozzi House (a discussion of scenography); Alan Greenberg's Manchester Superior Court Building (the continuity of the classical); and Robert Venturi's Gordon Wu Hall Princeton (an irony of the difficult whole). The author rejects modernist explanations of these recent architectural achievements in favor of a new poetic logic that he combines with a formal analysis to reveal the layers of meaning present in each building,including the deepest layer its secret life. First MIT Press paperback edition [stated]. Presumed first printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4° - 232pp - Color & B/w reproductions. Cesar Pelli (1926-2019) Argentine-American architect who designed some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. Two of his most notable buildings are the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and the World Financial Center in New York City. First edition, text in Japanese and Englih. Original pictorial boards. In Very good condition.