Text by Kenneth Frampton (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Cloth, 300 pages, illustrations, plans (some colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at crown. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A massive coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** CONTENTS: The modern American house; From the Brown decades to the fragmented metropolis, 1869-1929; Survival through design: the triumph of the modern American house, 1929-1945; Blueprint for modern living: the American house and the Pax Americana, 1945-1965; Complexity and contradiction: the late-modern house, 1965-1994. Size: 4to.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. Pictorial boards, 207 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Principal photography by Roberto Schezen. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to boards. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A massive coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "An authoritative, visual exploration of the eminent twentieth-century architect's buildings features newly commissioned photography and includes coverage of such structures as the Chapel of Ronchamp and the Carpenter Arts Center." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Villas la Roche-Jeanneret, Paris 1923-25; Le Petite Maison, Corseaux, Switzerland 1923-24; Villa Stein de Monzie, Vaucresson, France 1926-28; Villa Savoye, Poissy, France 1928-31; Cite de Refuge, Paris 1929-33; Immeuble Clarte, Geneva 1930-33; Pavillon Suisse, Cite Universitaire, Paris 1930-32; Immeuble Porte Molitor/Appartement Le Corbusier, Paris 1933; Unite d'Habitation de Marseilles, Marseilles, France 1945-52; Chapel of Notre Dame-du-Haut, Ronchamp, France 1950-55; Chandigarh, Capital of the Punjab, Chandigah, India 1950-68; Le Petit Cabanon, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France 1951-52; Millowners' Association Building, Ahmedabad, India 1951-54; Maisons Jaoul, Paris 1951-55; Villa Sarabhai, Ahmedabad, India 1951-55; Couvent Sainte-Marie de la Tourette, Eveux-sur-l'Arbresle, France 1953-59; Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1961-64. Size: 4to.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Printing. Architectural monograph. A Fine copy in thick medium grey cloth, in a Fine dustwrapper. 276pp. Documentation of 35 projects with an introductory essay by Frampton. Fully illustrated in color with plans and elevation drawings. Q17029.…

Original-Broschur, Gr.-4°, 40 Seiten und 4 Blatt Skizzen. Edited and Photographed by Yuki Futagawa .Text by Kenneth Frampton. Global Architecture 59. Rücken etwas bestossen, Umschlag etwas berieben, sonst guter Zustand.