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Rural
Studio: Samuel Mockbee and an Architecture of Decency
by Andrea Oppenheimer Dean, Timothy Hursley (Photographer)
For almost ten years, Samuel Mockbee, a recent MacArthur Grant recipient,
and his architecture students at Auburn University have been designing
and building striking houses and community buildings for impoverished residents
of Alabama's Hale County. Using salvaged lumber and bricks, discarded tires,
hay and waste cardboard bales, concrete rubble, colored bottles, and old
license plates, they create inexpensive buildings that bear the trademark
of Mockbee's work, which he describes as "contemporary modernism grounded
in Southern culture." The Publisher
Paperback - 170 pages (February 2002)
Princeton Architectural Press; ISBN: 1568982925
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- Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Early Sketches
by Elaine Grogan
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Book Published: December, 2002
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Rennie Mackintosh
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Miller/Hull
: Architects of the Pacific Northwest
by Sheri Olson, et al
Paperback - 244 pages (May 2001)
Princeton Architectural Press; ISBN: 1568982313
The
Houses of McKim, Mead & White
by Samuel G. White, Jonathan Wallen, Mead McKim, White McKim, Museums
at Stony Brook
Hardcover from Rizzoli
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The
Houses of Philip Johnson
by Stover Jenkins, Steven Brooke (Photographer), Philip Johnson, Neil
Levine (Introduction)
Hardcover - 288 pages 1 Ed edition (September 2001)
Abbeville Press, Inc.; ISBN: 0789201143
AS&P Albert Speer & Partner
Planen Und Bauen Urbanism and Architecture
by Paulhans Peters
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Antonio Gaudi : Master Architect
by Juan Bassegoda Nonell, et al
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Boundaries
by Maya Ying Lin
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Brunelleschi's Dome : How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
by Ross King
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Buckminster
Fuller : Anthology for a New Millennium
by Thomas T. K. Zung(Editor)
(Hardcover - January 2001)
Carlo Scarpa : Architecture in Details
by Bianca Albertini, Sandro Bagnoli
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Eduardo
Souto de Moura - Stein Element Stone
by Werner Blaser, Adam Blauhut, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Jacques Herzog
Book Description: The Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de
Moura was born in 1952 in Porto. During his architectural studies he had
the good fortune to work for Alvaro Siza, and in 1980 he opened his own
office in Porto. Today Souto de Moura, with his purist yet atmospheric
structures is one of the most well-known architects on the Iberian peninsula.
"I began practically at the very beginning and concentrated on the essence
of architecture. The most fundamental element is naturally the wall." Souto
de Moura succeeded in combining Portugal's strong tradition of stone masonry
with abstract modern forms, creating an architecture of compelling beauty.
Werner Blaser conveys through wonderfully expressive photography the elemental
and timeless nature of Souto de Moura's buildings focussing in particular
on his use of stone as a building material.
Hardcover from Birkhauser (Architectural)
Book Published: October, 2003
Eduardo
Souto de Moura.
by Aurora Cuito
Hardcover from te Neues Publishing Company
Book Published: August, 2003
Jose
Paulo Dos Santos (Contemporary World Architects)
by Oscar Riera Ojeda(Compiler), Gerrit Confurius(Introduction)
Paperback: 132 pages
Rockport Publishers; ISBN: 1564965732; (December 2000)
Olson
Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects: Architecture, Art, and Craft
by Oscar Riera Ojeda (Compiler), Paul Goldberger (Introduction)
Hardcover - 256 pages (March 2002)
Monacelli Pr; ISBN: 1580930786
Patkau
Architects: Selected Projects 1983-1993
by Brian Carter (Editor), Patkau Architects
Paperback 2nd edition (January 1994)
Tuns Press / Dalhousie University; ISBN: 0929112288
Mary
Colter : Builder upon the Red Earth
by Virginia L. Grattan, Pam Frazier(Designer)
An architect for the Santa Fe Railway and Fred Harvey Company, Colter
laid the groundwork for female architects who followed. Seven of her remarkable
structures are preserved in Grand Canyon's historic district. This is her
story.
Paperback - 131 pages revised edition (June 1992)
Grand Canyon Association; ISBN: 0938216457
The
Architecture of John Lautner
by Alan Hess, et al
(Hardcover - January 2000)
Le Corbusier Alive
by Dominique Lyon
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Lorcan
O'Herlihy (Contemporary World Architects)
by Lorcan O'Herlihy, et al
(Paperback - November 1999)
Leon Battista Alberti : Master Builder of the Italian Renaissance
by Anthony Grafton
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History
Paul
Rudolph: The Florida Houses
by Christopher Domin, Joseph T. King
Hardcover - 208 pages (January 2002)
Princeton Architectural Press; ISBN: 1568982666
Ricardo
Legorreta, Architects
by John V. Mutlow(Editor), et al
(Hardcover - June 1997)
Robert
Maillart and the Art of Reinforced Concrete
by David P. Billington
(Hardcover)
Space
Framed : Richard Gluckman Architect
by Hal Foster, Richard Gluckman
(Paperback - November 2000)
Stamberg
Aferiat
by Charles Gwathmey (Editor), et al
Young design partners Peter Stamberg and Paul Aferiat combine modernist
architecture with vibrant primary hues, sensuous materials, sculptural
walls, and classic modern furniture. The firm's first monograph presents
20 buildings and projects as well as commentary. The book's innovative
graphics and stunning photography reflect Stamberg Aferiat's urbane, cutting-edge
approach to design. Ingram
Paperback - 160 pages (May 1997)
Rizzoli; ISBN: 0847820114
Tadao
Ando : Complete Works
by Francesco Dal Co(Editor), Francesco D. Co(Editor)
Tadao Ando, one-time truck driver and boxer, is a self-taught Japanese
architect whose winning of the 1995 Pritzker Prize has given him preeminence
among his gifted generation.
(Paperback - April 1998)
Wallace
Neff, Architect of California's Golden Age (California Architecture and
Architects, No. 22)
by Alson Clark, Wallace Neff
(Hardcover - October 2000)
Will
Alsop
by Kenneth Powell
Will Alsop is one of the most exciting British architects working today.
The designer of such striking, often colorful, buildings as Le Grand Bleu
in Marseille, the Passenger and Ferry Terminal in Hamburg and, more recently,
North Greenwich Station on the new Jubilee Line Extension in London, he
was one of four architects chosen to represent Britain at the prestigious
Venice Biennale 2000. Amazon.com
Hardcover - 208 pages Vol 1 (October 2001)
te Neues Publishing Company; ISBN: 3823854879
Herzog & De Meuron 1978-1988 : The Complete Works
by Gerhard Mack
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Frank Lloyd Wright : The Masterworks
by David Larkin (Editor)
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Facing
Southwest: The Life and Houses of John Gaw Meem
by Chris Wilson, Robert Reck (Photographer)
(Hardcover -- February 2002)
Rick
Joy: Desert Works
by Rick Joy, et al
Showcases nine works by the Tuscon, Arizona based architect.
Paperback: 176 pages
Princeton Architectural Press; ISBN: 1568983360; (June
2002)
Asymptote:
Flux
by Lise Anne Couture, Hani Rashid
(Hardcover -- June 2002)
The
Country Houses of David Adler (1882-1949)
by Stephen M. Salny, et al
Exlores fifteen of Adler's houses, many of which have interiors by
his sister, the noted interior designer Frances Elkins. Archival monochrome
photographs.
Hardcover: 208 pages
W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 039373045X; (May 2001)
LOT/EK:
Urban Scan
by Ada Tolla, et al
(Paperback -- February 2002)
Louisiana
Houses of A. Hays Town
by A. Hays Town, et al
200 photographs by Philip Gould do justice to the Louisiana charm of
25 of the architect's best southern houses. Db
Hardcover: 161 pages
Louisiana State University Press; ISBN: 0807123714; (August
1999)
Greene & Greene : Masterworks
by Bruce Smith, Alexander Vertikoff (Photographer), Edward R. Bosley
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His
Invention So Fertile: A Life of Christopher Wren
by Adrian Tinniswood
(Hardcover -- January 2002)
Richard
Neutra - Complete Works (Jumbo Series)
by Barbara Mac Lamprecht
(Hardcover -- December 2000)
Wren
(The World of Art)
by Margaret Whinney
(Paperback -- May 1998)
Wren's
'Tracts' on Architecture and Other Writings
by Lydia M. Soo
(Hardcover -- October 1998)
Jacques Herzog and Pierre De Meuron : Projects and Buildings 1982-1990
by Wilfred Wang (Editor)
(Hardcover - September 1990)
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James Cutler (Contemporary World Architects)
by Theresa Morrow, et al
Paperback: Amer Inst for Architecture
ISBN: 1564963411; (December 1997)
Out of Print
Lake/Flato (Contemporary World Architects)
by Oscar Riera Ojeda
Paperback: Rockport Publishers
ISBN: 1564962334; (October 1995)
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Mies in America
Edited by Phyllis Lambert
Hardcover - 584 pages (June 2001)
Harry N Abrams; ISBN: 0810967286
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Allan Greenberg : Selected Works (Architectural Monographs, No
39)
by Allan Greenberg (Editor), Richard Economakis (Editor)
(Paperback - April 1995)
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Pierre Koenig
by James Steele, et al
(Hardcover - December 1998)
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Robert A.M. Stern : Houses
by Robert A. M. Stern
(Hardcover -- October 1997)
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Birkerts, Gunnar
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Filippo Brunelleschi
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Chipperfield, David
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Hassan Fathy
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Buckminster Fuller
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Santiago Calatrava
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Terry
Farrell
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Norman Foster
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Gaudi, Antoni
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Gehry, Frank
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Goff,
Bruce
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Greene & Greene
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Herzog & de Meuron
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Nicholas Grimshaw
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Gropius, Walter
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Hundertwasser
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Hunt,
Richard Morris
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Jacobsen,
Arne
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Jefferson,
Thomas
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Jones,
Inigo
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Albert
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Rem Koolhaas
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Adolf
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Loos, Adolf
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Edwin Lutyens
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh
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Mies
Van Der Rohe, Ludwig
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Andrea
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I.M.
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A.W.N.
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Richardson,
H.H.
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Richard Rogers
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Rossi,
Aldo
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