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ARCHITECTS – U.K.
115 Alsop. POWELL Kenneth Will Alsop. Book 1

London, Laurence King, 2001. [31350] 208pp inc 500 illustrations. Cloth, 31x25. Vg, dust wrapper. £20.00

Begins with Alsop's student days at the AA and finishes in 1990 and the early designs for the Hotel du Department des Bouches-du-Rhone in Marseille.
116 Alsop. POWELL Kenneth Will Alsop 1990-2000

London, Laurence King, 2002. [31339] 303pp inc 600 illustrations. Cloth, 31x25. Fine in dust wrapper. £20.00

Illustrated with sketches, photos, plans, paintings from Alsop's own archive and with his commentary.
117 Archigram. COOK Peter, CHALK Warren, et al Archigram

NY, Princeton, (1972), 1999 reprint. [31995] 144pp inc many b&w illustrations. Colourful wraps. 28x22. Fine. £35.00

Reprint of this well-known work: a very good intro to the group - megastructures, plug-in cities, etc.
Ove Arup titles
118 Arup. BRAWNE Michael Arup Associates. The biography of an architectural practice

London, Lund Humphries, 1983. [31510] 200pp inc photos, plans, sections, chron. Wraps, 25x22. Vg. £16.00

119 Arup. DOBNEY Stephen Arup Associates. Selected and Current Works

Mulgrave, Images, 1994. [31502] Pictoral end papers, 256pp inc over 300 photos, sections etc, lists of buildings and projects, awards and exhibitions, bibliog, biographies. Cloth, 31x23. Vg in dust wrapper. Spine of dust wrapper trifle faded. £30.00

Beautifully illustrated monograph
120 Arup. DOBNEY Stephen (ed) Arup Associates. Selected and Current Works

Mulgrave, Images Publishing, Master Architect Series, 1994. [31516] Pictoral end papers, 256pp, over 300 photos and drawings, mostly in colour. Biographies, bibliog and chronology. Cloth, 31x23. Very good indeed in dust wrapper. £30.00

Lovely monograph containing 49 projects worldwide. Beautifully illustrated.
121 Arup. JONES Peter Ove Arup. Masterbuilder of the Twentieth Century

New Haven, Yale, 2006. [29237] x, 364pp plus 120 illustrations, lengthy notes, bibliog. Cloth, 24x16. Fine in dust wrapper. £18.00

One of the greatest structural engineers of the twentieth century. Peter Jones was the first researcher to have access to the private Arup archives.

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122 Ashbee. CRAWFORD Alan C.R. Ashbee: Architect, Designer & Romantic Socialist.

New Haven, Yale, 1985. [28150] Frontis, x, 499pp, 203 illustrations, list of works, writings, Essex House publications etc. Open weave cloth. 27x21. Very nice copy, dust wrapper. £85.00

Major monograph. First full-scale biography of Ashbee and destined to be the standard work. Ashbee's contributions to city planning were considerable: Jerusalem after the Great War, his Chipping Cotswolds model community etc.
123 BLOMFIELD Sir Reginald The Touchstone of Architecture

Oxford, Clarendon, 1925. [31484] vii, 245pp Boards, vellum spine. 20x13. Owner's bookplate, foxing to prelims and half-title, rest in good condition. £15.00

Essays.
124 Coates. CANTACUZINO Sherban Wells Coates. A monograph.

London, Gordon Fraser, 1978. [31488] Frontis portrait, 119pp, a great many photos, plans, drawings etc, list of works, chronology, bibliography. Cloth. 30x22. Ex library, remains of labels on front end paper and stamp on title-page only, vg thus in dust wrapper. £45.00

Detailed informative monograph on this architect (1895-1958). Still the best account and becoming scarce.
125 Coates. COHN Laura The Door to a Secret Room: A Portrait of Wells Coates

Aldershot, Scolar, 1999. [30691] 240pp, 123 illustrations, bibliog. Cloth, 24x18. Vg, dust wrapper. £12.00

Laura Cohn is Wells Coates daughter. Biography with particular reference to the Lawn Road Flats.
Archigram meets Manga
126 Cook. NAKAMURA Toshio (ed) Peter Cook 1961-1989

Tokyo, a+u Publishing, 1989 (special extra edition). [32016] 196pp, inc illustrations, biographies of Peter Cook and Christine Hawley, chronological list of works. Wraps, 29x22. Vg. £45.00

74 projects and drawings. From Archigram onwards including Plug-In City, Blowout Village, Garden Towers. Interesting design.

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127 COOK Peter Six Conversations

London, Academy, 1993. [26555] 144pp, superb illustrations, bibliog, biography. Laminated pictoral wraps, 31x25. Fine. £20.00

Architectural Monograph no 28. Good source on Archigram and later
128 DAVIES Richard Llewelyn The Education of an Architect by...... An Inaugural Lecture Delivered at University College London 10 November 1960

London, H K Lewis for University College, 1961. [27683] 14pp. Pamphlet. 26x16. Cover trifle sun-faded else vg. £10.00

Scarce.
129 England. SHARP Dennis (ed) Richard England. Architect as Artist.

London, BookArt, 2008. [26174] Colour frontis, 224pp inc illustrations, bibliog. Afterword by Mario Botta. Cloth, dust wrapper. 27x29. Vg. £25.00

Includes essay by Manfredi Nicoletti.
Inscribed by the Architect
130 Farrell. RUSSELL Frank (ed) Architectural Monographs: Terry Farrell

London & NY, Academy & St Martin's Press, 1984. [31554] Frontis, 120pp inc over 400 plans, photos, etc, 113 in colour, bibliog. Cloth, 30x22. Very good in dust wrapper. £30.00

A good source for his Farrell's early work. This copy inscribed to Charles Knevitt by Terry Farrell. Loosely inserted is a letter from Farrell to Knevitt which was an invitation to the reception celebrating the publication of the book.
131 FARRELL Terry Terry Farrell Interiors and the Legacy of Postmodernism

London, Laurence King, 2011. [31993] 192pp inc photos, sections, drawings etc. With essays by Colin Fournier and Professor Tim Makower. Association copy with nice hand written inscription from Terry Farrell. Boards, 30x26. Fine. £35.00

Home interiors, galleries and museums, workplace interiors. Lovely detailed illustrations.
132 FARRELL Terry and MAXWELL Robert (essays) Sketchbook 12.05.98.Terry Farrell & Partners

London, Rightangle, 1998. [32017] 95pp inc illustrations. Inscribed by Terry Farrell with nice signature Wraps, 28x22. Vg. £45.00

Detailed sketches for 17 projects in the UK and Far East.Beautifully produced volume

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133 FRY Maxwell Fine Building

London, Faber & Faber, 1944. [32058] 156pp, incuding numerous figs & maps & 56 b&w plates. Cloth. 22x15. Good copy in dust wrapper, this a little chipped. £30.00

First edition of this important wartime architectural study. Also a good source for the Mars Plan (London should be rebuilt along Modern Movement lines).
134 GRIMSHAW Nick (introduction) Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners (2 uniform vols): Book 1, Product, Book 2, Process

London, Grimshaw, 1988. [32009] Vol I, 79pp, incl list of awards and projects; Vol.2, 143pp, incl bibliog; both with copious photos (many in colour), plans. Large poster of Grimshaw 'Product+Process' loosely inserted. Laminated wraps, plastic slip case, this split in places, 23x23. Very good. £20.00

Good source on the early period.

134a. Hadid. FONTANA-GIUSTI Gordana (eds) Zaha Hadid Complete Works [4 volumes complete] Major and Recent Works.

Projects Documentations.

Process: Sketches and Drawings.

Texts and References.

London,Thames & Hudson, 2004 [32088] 240pp; 112pp; 126pp; 96pp. Illustrations throughout, many in colour, list of works, bibliography. Pictorial boards. 31x27; 31x14; 18x13; 13x13. All slotting into a compartmentalised plastic container (this 31x27). Fine. £50.00

Interesting book design, which seems to work quite well.
135 LETHABY W. R. Architecture, Nature & Magic

London, Duckworth, 1956. [30782] 155pp, 15 b&w plates, 62 text figs, bibliog, biographical note by Alfred Powell. Cloth. 22x14. Vg, in nice pictorial dust wrapper. £20.00

Based on a series of papers for "The Builder", 1928.
136 Lubetkin. CHASLIN François, DREW Joanna & SMITH Ivor et al (texts) Berthold Lubetkin. Un Moderne en Angleterre.

Liege, Pierre Mardaga, 1983. [23767] 232pp, incl. illustrations, detailed list of works, biography, bibliography. Wraps. 24x22. Vg. £20.00

Revised and very considerably amplified French edition of the 1981 Arts Council Lubetkin exhibition catalogue (whose authors were Peter COE and Malcolm READING). Issued for the version of the exhibition held at the Institut Français d’Architecture, Paris.
Lutyens by his Son
137 LUTYENS Robert Notes on Sir Edward Lutyens: two sets of notes for a lecture to the Art Workers Guild, June 18th 1969.

Art Worker's Guild, 1970. [31481] 13pp. Pamphlet, stiff card covers. 22x15. Covers lightly spotted, contents vg. £12.00

Uncommon.
138 LUTYENS Robert Sir Edwin Lutyens. An Appreciation in Perspective. By His Son

London, Country Life, 1942. [31382] Frontis portrait, 96pp+ 18 b&w illustrations and incl 5 diagrams. Cloth. 20x14. Foxing else good copy, in the scarce dust wrapper. £20.00

A scarce work on the architect (though Lutyens senior is said to have found it well-nigh unintelligible).

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139 Matthew. GLENDINNING Miles Modern Architect. The Life and Times of Robert Matthew.

London, RIBA, 2008. [29224] x, 622pp incl illustrations, chron, bibliog. Boards, 27x20. Almost fine. £45.00

Enormous and authoritative monograph on Sir Robert Matthew (1906-1975). He was head of the Royal Festival Hall design team, President of RIBA and a leading figure of British post-war architecture.
140 Powys A. R. POWYS John Cowper (intro) From The Ground Up. Collected Papers of A. R. Powys. Architect, Writer, and Secretary of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.

London, J M Dent, 1937. [31483] Portrait frontis, xvi, 179pp. Cloth, 19x13. Prelims and title page foxed, then very ocassional foxing and rest of contents good. Binding tight. £20.00

141 PROCTOR AND MATTHEWS Pattern Place Purpose. Proctor and Matthews Architects

London, Black Dog, 2009. [31980] 310pp inc plans, photos, drawings etc, chron. Wraps, 28x23. As new. £25.00

First monograph on the highly practice of Proctor and Matthews. 24 detailed building and project studies, including the Greenwich Millenium Village and Gorilla Kingdom at London Zoo. Interesting look at pre-fabricated construction technologies, inspired by Lyons and Span.
142 Richardson. HOUFE Simon, POWERS Alan and WILTON-ELY John Sir Albert Richardson 1880-1964

London, RIBA Heinz Gallery, 1999. [30861] 95pp incl illustrations. Wraps, 26x19. Fine. £16.00

Published to coincide with an exhibition. First monograph on this architect. His Bracken House, Cannon Street, was one of the first post-war buildings to be listed.
143 ROGERS Richard Architecture: A Modern View

London, Thames and Hudson, 1990. [24227] 64pp, very many illustrations and drawings. Signed on fly by the author. Cloth. 22x16 Vg indeed, dust wrapper. Signed “Richard” (Rogers) on front end paper. £15.00

Text of Rogers' Walter Neurath Memorial Lecture.
144 ROGERS Richard + GUMUCHDJAN, Philip Cities for a Small Planet.

London, Faber, 1997. [32028] xi, fp, 180pp, b&w photos, plans etc, biographies, bibliog. Coloured wraps. 18x18. Very good. £15.00

Based on the Reith Lectures of 1995 and argues for sustainable urban planning.
145 ROGERS Richard & POWER Ann Cities for a Small Country.

London, Faber, 2000. [32029] xii, 310 fp, 377 photos, plans etc, biographies, bibliog. Coloured wraps. 18x18. Very good. £15.00

Uniform with Roger's celebrated "Cities for a Small Planet" (1997), now concentrating on issues in Britain.
146 ROWE Colin & KOETTER Fred Collage City

Cambridge, Mass, MIT, (1978) Wraps ed 1998. [30876] 184pp, copious illustrations & figs. Laminated wraps. 28x21. VG. £15.00

Critical appraisal of contemporary theories of urban planning and design.
147 SMITHSON Peter and UNGLAUB Karl Flying Furniture. Unsere Architektur rollt, schwimmt, fliegt: Our architecture rolls, swims, flies.

Köln, Walther Konig, 1999. [31406] 191pp, mostly illustrations. German and English text. Wraps, 25x23 (max), not rectangular. Faint crease marks to front cover else vg. £20.00

First 50 pages are on the Smithsons, then Rietveld, Mies, Gropius, Breuer, Bauhaus etc. Exhibition catalogue in a rather annoying shape.
148 Spence. CAMPBELL Louise (compiled & ed) To Build a Cathedral. Coventry Cathedral, 1945-1962

Warwick, Warwick UP, 1987 (Mead Gallery Exhibition Catalogue). [31715] xvi, 79pp, 167 nos, many illustrations, bibliog. Wraps. 24x25. Vg. £20.00

A fine informative catalogue.
149 Spence. CAMPBELL Louise, GLENDINNING Miles and THOMAS Jane (eds) Basil Spence. Buildings & Projects

London, RIBA, 2012. [31971] Silver end papers, 372pp inc photos, drawings, plans etc, list of works. Boards, 30x26. As new. £40.00

Critical essays and lavish photos presented in a chronological framework. Beautifully designed and produced book. Includes much material published here for the first time.
150 Stanton Williams. SCALBERT Irene, TAYLOR David et al (texts) Stanton Williams. Volume

London, Black Dog, 2009. [32019] 270pp inc photos, drawings etc, list of works etc. Essay by Stephen Bayley. Boards, 27x21. Vg. £40.00

Detailed look at this London based architectural practice, founded in 1985. Projects included are Millennium Seedbank, work on the Tower of London setting, exhibition and gallery spaces. Chronological list of works, well illustrated. Nice piece of book production.
151 Stephenson Bell. POWELL Kenneth Stephenson Bell Projects

London, RIBA, 2001. [32007] 135pp inc photos, plans, sections, chron, bibliog. Wraps, 21x21. Vg. £15.00

First major monograph on Stephenson Bell, a Manchester-based practice. Lovely illustrations.
152 Tayler & Green. HARWOOD Elain & POWERS Alan Tayler and Green Architects 1938-1973: The Spirit of Place in Modern Housing.

London, Prince of Wales's Inst of Arch, 1998. [30856] iv, 108pp, copious illustrations & drawings, some in colour. Catalogue. Laminated wraps. 27x19. Vg. £15.00

Beautifully produced book accompanying 1998 exhibition. The firm has produced many well crafted buildings.
153 TILDEN Philip True Remembrances: The Memoirs of an Architect.

London, Country Life, 1954. [30989] 175pp + 46 illustrations. Cloth. 22x15. Good copy, in dust wrapper (this a little frayed, now glassine protected). £35.00

Interesting architectural memoirs. Tilden designed Gordon Selfridge's London store and his fantasy castle at Hengistbury Head (not built), as well as other country houses etc. Becoming scarce.
154 TILL Jeremy and WIGGLESWORTH Sarah (text), SMOOTHY Paul (photos) 9/10 Stock Orchard Street. A Guidebook

London, Bank of Ideas, 2001. [31584] 18pp inc photos. End papers plans and sections. Signed by Wigglesworth. Wraps, 21x11. Vg. £15.00

Interesting little architect's book celebrating work by the partnership.
155 VOYSEY Charles Francis Annesley Individuality.

(London, Chapman Hall, 1915), Shaftsbury, Element Books facsimile, 1986. [31396] 142pp, portrait and 10 Voysey drawings (these new to this edition). Wraps. 19x13. VG. £18.00

Useful reprint of this elusive text.
GENERAL ACCOUNTS – Places, Movements etc
156 Architectural Association. BOYARSKY Alvin (foreword) Spirit and Invention

London, Architectural Association, 1982. [31921] 96pp inc drawings, elevations etc. Wraps, 21x21. Covers rubbed else good copy. Blind stamp on title page. £15.00

To accompany an exhibition containing examples of the work of students under the guidance of Peter Cook, Christine Hawley and Ron Herron.
Reyner Banham – some titles
157 BANHAM Mary, BARKER Paul et al (selected by) A Critic Writes: Essays by Reyner Banham

Berkeley, U of California, 1996. [30705] Frontis, xv, 352pp+20 b&w plates, and incl 39pp Banham bibliog. Foreword by Peter Hall. Signed by Mary Banham, Sutherland Lyall and Cedric (Price). Open weave cloth, 26x18. Vg, dust wrapper. £30.00

Much needed collection of Banham's texts. Nice association copy.
158 BANHAM Reyner A Concrete Atlantis: US Industrial Building and European Modern Architecture 1900-1925.

Cambridge, Mass, MIT, 1986. [30831] 266pp, a great many illustrations, scholarly notes. Cloth. 26x18. Vg in dust wrapper. £40.00

Detailed account of this fascinating relationship. Becoming scarce.
159 BANHAM Reyner Guide to Modern Architecture

London, Architectural Press, 1^st edition, 1962. [31784] 159pp, many illustrations throughout. Publisher’s cloth, 19x18. Vg in dust wrapper. Inscription on fly. £30.00

An influential Banham synthesis of the subject..
160 BANHAM Reyner SPARKE Penny (ed) Design by Choice. Ideas in Architecture

London, Academy, 1981. [31565] 152pp, inc over 160 illustrations, some in colour, detailed Banham bibliog. Intro. and notes to articles by the Editor. Cloth. 29x22 Vg, dust wrapper. £30.00

First collection of Banham's highly original journal writings.

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161 Bauhaus. BAYER Herbert, GROPIUS Walter & Ise (eds) Bauhaus 1919-1928

(NY 1938), Secker & Warburg wraps edition (1975) 1979 reprint. [31978] 224pp, 550 b&w illustrations, bibliog, biographical notes. Laminated wraps. 25x19. Spine a little tanned else good copy. £15.00

Excellent facsimile of this important work.
162 BENTON Charlotte, with contributions by ELLIOTT & HARWOOD David & Elain A Different World: Emigré Architects in Britain 1928-1958.

London, RIBA, 1995. (Catalogue). [31817] 232pp, several b&w illustrations & drawings, chronology, biographies, gazetter. Laminated wraps. 21x21. Neat name inside cover. vg copy. £55.00

A fine & informative catalogue, which cast much new light on this episode. As well as the well known names: Goldfinger Lubetkin, Gropius, Korn etc, many other interesting figures appear: Ascher, Kulka, Kretschmer etc. Excellent reference work. Uncommon.
163 BENTON Tim & Charlotte, with SHARP Dennis Form and Function: Source Book for the History of Architecture and Design 1890-1939.

London, Granada/Open U Press, (1975) 1980 reprint. [31805] xxiii, 252pp+ 34 b/w ills and incl text figs, artists writings. 4to wraps. 24x23. Excellent bright copy.. £20.00

Wraps version of this very useful book. Scarce.
164 Berlin. SCHACHE Wolfgang and SZYMANSKI Norbert Das Reichssportfeld. Architektur im Spannungsfeld von Sport und Macht

Berlin, Be. Bra, 2001. [30697] 176pp incl illustrations, bibliog. Boards, 26x23. Fine, dust wrapper. £30.00

A thorough account of the construction and subsequent uses of this famous Nazi building, constructed for the 1936 Olympics. Includes many previously unpublished photos, plans etc. Chief architect was Werner March.
165 Bridges. BILLINGTON David P The Art of Structural Design. A Swiss Legacy. With a contribution by Jameson W Doig.

New Haven, Princeton University Art Museum, 2003. [31128] Colour frontis, 210pp with 93 colour and 152 black and white illustrations. Cloth, 26x26. Fine in dust wrapper. £85.00

Work of Wilhelm Ritter, Robert Maillart, Othmar Ammann, Pierre Lardy, Heinz Isler and Christian Menn. Includes specially commissioned photos. An outstanding study, beautifully illustrated. Becoming scarce.
166 Cambridge. GOLDIE Mark Corbusier comes to Cambridge: post-war architecture and the competition to build Churchill College.

Cambridge, Churchill College, 2007. [31096] 48pp inc photos, plans, drawings, bibliog. Card covers, 30x21. Small scuff bottom edge front cover else vg. £12.50

Includes unshortlisted site plans and elevations as well as perspectives and elevations from the shortlisted entries. The winner was Richard Sheppard.
167 CIAM. GREGOTTI Vittorio (ed) (The Last CIAMs) Habitat for a Satellite Town.

Rassegna Special issue no 52, 1979. [27007] 117pp incl illustrations plus summaries in French and German, coloured adverts. Wraps, 30x23. Vg. £45.00

One of the best sources for post-war CIAM with fine illustrations.
168 CONRADS Ulrich (ed) Programmes and Manifestoes on 20th Century Architecture

(1964, German edition, Frankfurt) London, Lund Humphries first English edition, 1970. [31798] 192pp, including c20 illustrations. Cloth. 21x15. Good in faintly edge-rubbed dust wrapper. £20.00

A collection of philosophical statements by key architects from 1903-1963.
169 CORNFORTH John The Search for a Style: Country Life and Architecture 1897-1935.

NY, W. W. Norton, (1988) 1st American ed. [30694] 263pp, 270 illustrations (mainly photos). Cloth. 30x23. Fine, dust wrapper. £25.00

Innovative study, based on the unique "Country Life" archives. Becoming scarce.
170 Denmark. ROYAL INSTITUTEOF BRITISH ARCHITECTS Exhibition of Danish Architecture of To-day.

London, 1950. [32080] 48pp inc catalogue plus 32 plates. Texts by Finsen, Yerbury, Mollerup etc. Wraps, 21x13. Vg, dust wrapper. £25.00

An excellent survey from a key period. Naturally includes a good deal on Jacobsen, Fisker et al. A valuable RIBA catalogue. Uncommon.
171 FERNIE Jes (ed) Two Minds. Artists and Architects in Collaboration

London, Black Dog, 2006. [30768] 175pp inc numerous illustrations, bibliog. Boards, 24x20. Vg. £18.00

Essay on Gesamtkunstwerk by Philip Ursprung and on Los Angeles by Cara Mullio plus 3 groundscapes, 13 buildings and 5 'things', all in the UK. Explores the interrelationship of these two disciplines.
172 FISCHER Wend Bau Raum Gerät

Hamburg, Standard Verlag 1957. [25104] 288pp, incl illustrations, short bibliog. Cloth, 21x16. Vg. £40.00

A study of technology in modernist architecture and design, somewhat similar to Pevsner’s Pioneers of Modern Design, with hundreds of excellent photographs. An important '50s study.
173 FRAMPTON Kenneth Studies in Tectonic Culture. The Poetics of Construction in Nenteenth and Twentieth Century Architecture

Chicago, Graham Foundation: Camb Mass, MIT, 1996, 2nd printing. [31322] xii, 430pp inc numerous photos, plans, drawings etc, bibliog. Cloth, 28x23. Vg in dust wrapper. £25.00

Ten essays in which Frampton argues modern architecture is as much about structure and construction as about space and abstract form. Mies, Scarpa, Utzon, Perret, FLW and Louis Kahn all examined. The superior hardback version.
174 GIEDION Sigfried Space, Time and Architecture: the growth of a new tradition.

Camb Mass, Harvard UP, (1941), 1944 5th printing. [32074] xvi, , 601pp, 321 illustrations. Cloth. 25x18. Edges a little grubby else vg in the striking photo-montage dust wrapper by Herbert Bayer, this in poor condition with large chip. £30.00

Invaluable study, with much on urban design through history.
175 HAWKES Dean and FORSTER Wayne Architecture, Engineering and Environment

London, Laurence King in association with Arup, 2002. [31564] Colour frontis, 240pp inc photos, plans, drawings etc, bibliog. Cloth, 29x24. Fine in dust wrapper. £20.00

Examines the close relationship between architecture and engineering with twenty critical studies of international contemporary buildings built in association with Arup.
Italian Modernism
176 Italy. SABATINO Michelangelo Pride in Modesty. Modernist Architecture and the Vernacular Tradition in Italy

Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2010. [31308] xxii, 341pp incl illustrations, lengthy notes, bibliog. Cloth, 24x16. Vg, dust wrapper. £20.00

The author shows that the vernacular had a good deal of influence on Italian modernism.
177 Italy. TAFURI Manfredo History of Italian Architecture, 1944-1985.

Cambridge, Mass., MIT 1989 [31815] x, 269pp + 167 b&w illustrations and including good bibliography. Cloth. 21x14. Good copy, in good dust wrapper.. £35.00

Invaluable account (originally published in Italian, 1988) by this important architectural writer. The superior hardback version.

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178 JENCKS Charles (text) & BRYANT Richard Towards a Symbolic Architecture: The Thematic House

London, Academy, 1985. [10891] 248pp, copious illustrations (photos & plans), most colour. Cloth. 31x24. Vg. £30.00

Major Jencks work, incorporating his own designs.
Modern Architecture in London
179 London. BENNETT Richard (text) New Sights of London

London, LCC 1960. [31917] 96pp inc maps, photos, drawings. Wraps, 28x22. Cover split at bottom of spine, about 3cm, spine and cover little rubbed, contents vg. £25.00

Interesting and faintly depressing look at London after the County of London Development Plan. Drawings include a vision of the new Barbican and Elephant and Castle. The vision for the future is particularly utopian and lacking in reality. Very period.
180 London GLC. KLATT Bebbe (ed) GLC: ILEA Architecture 1976-1986. An illustrated record of the work of the GLC & ILEA Department of Architecture and Civic Design in the decade 1976 to 1986.

London, Architectural Press, 1986. [32018] 96pp, many illustrations, some colour. Wraps. 23x23. Vg. £15.00

Excellent account. The Department was highly prolific, right up to its demise under Thatcher. Over half the book is on housing projects.
181 London. LAMBERT Sam (compiled and ed by) New Architecture of London. A selection of buildings since 1930

London, British Travel and Holidays Assoc & AA, 1963. [31999] 182pp incl very many photos, maps, models. English, French and German text. Wraps, 15x21. Good copy. £15.00

Informative survey, organised by district.
182 London. McCALLUM Ian A Pocket Guide to Modern Buildings in London.

London, Architectural Press, 1951. [32027] 128pp, photos, 5 maps, gazetteer. Wraps. 14x13. Very good copy. £20.00

Interesting 1950s modernist approach: includes Tecton, Fry, Martin, Lasdun etc. Scarce and attractive item.
183 London. NAIRN Ian Modern Buildings in London

London, London Transport, 1964. [31970] 127pp + 36 b&w illustrations. Stiff card wraps. 17x10. Nice copy. £16.00

Written in Nairn's usual inimitable style. Timeless.
184 London. NAIRN Ian Nairn's London

Harmondsworth, Penguin (1966) 1967 reprint. [32026] 272pp, + 89 b&w plates. Wraps. 18x11. Inner edges a trifle browned, else nice copy. £16.00

Lively conservation-minded guide book, very typical of Nairn.

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185 LYON T. H. Real Architecture. The Rights and Wrongs of Taste.

Cambridge, W. Heffer, 1932. [31769] Frontis plate, xv, 64pp + 4 b&w plates and incl. 2 text illustrations. Publisher's cloth with paste-on title labels.22x15. Ancient IAAS Library label, head of spine rubbed, but a bright copy. £18.00

The author was Director of Design in the Cambridge Architecture School. He considers Oxford and Cambridge in his search for good taste (Cambridge is more successful). Architecture should be scholarly and formal, not personal and eclectic.
186 Mexico. HEYER Paul Mexican Architecture: the work of Abraham Zabludovsky and Teodoro González de León

NY, Walker, 1978. [27586] xiii, 141pp, numerous b&w photos & plans. Boards. 29x22. Vg. £20.00

Detailed monograph on these elegant new-wave architects (English, Spanish text)
187 MONNIER Gérard Le Temps de L'Oeuvre. Approches chronologiques de l'edification des batiments

Publications de la Sorbonne, 2000. [31327] 104pp inc illustrations. Wraps, 24x16. Vg. £12.00

Based on case studies: La cité du Merlan, Euralille, Habitat 67 etc.
German modernism- a fine book series
188 MÜLLER-WULCKOW Walter Bauten der Arbeit und des Verkehrs aus Deutscher Gegenwart.

Taunus & Leipzig, Langewiesche (Blauenbucher series), 1925 (1-20 Tausend) [20991] 80pp inc 78 b&w photos. Stiff card wraps, 26x19. Lovely copy, in pictorial dust wrapper. £30.00

Modernish hospitals, schools and other public buildings. A fine photographic survey.
189 MÜLLER-WULCKOW Walter Bauten der Gemeinschaft

Taunus & Leipzig, Langewiesche (Blauenbucher series), 1928, 1-12 tausend. [31393] 110pp inc 100 b&w plates, 13 plans. Stiff card wraps. 26x19. Good copy in good dust wrapper which is faintly rubbed at top of spine. £30.00

Modernist German cinemas, hotels, churches etc, including work by Gropius, Behrens, Poelzig et al..
190 MÜLLER-WULCKOW Walter Bauten der Gemeinschaft

Taunus & Leipzig, Langewiesche (Blauenbucher series), 1928, 21-26 tausend. [32030] 110pp inc 100 b&w plates, 13 plans. Stiff card wraps. 26x19. Good copy in pictorial dust wrapper (this with stain mark across top (not too bad). £25.00

Modernist German cinemas, hotels, churches etc, including work by Gropius, Behrens, Poelzig et al..
191 MÜLLER-WULCKOW Walter Wohnbauten und Siedlungen aus Deutschen Gegenwart.

Taunus & Leipzig, Karl Robert Langewiesche (Blaubucher series), 1929, 21-28 tausend. [32032] Frontis, 122pp + 4pp book adverts & inc 100+ pages of b&w photos & plans. Decorative wraps. 26x19. Unusually nice copy in dust wrapper, this a little rubbed on spine edges. £30.00

Modernish housing, including the great flat blocks in Berlin, Magdeburg etc.. Another fine photographic survey.These three Blaubucher titles are an extremely valuable record of German modernist architecture.

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192 NESBITT Kate (ed) Theorizing a New Agenda for Architecture: an anthology of architectural theory 1965-1995.

NY, Princeton Arch. Press, 1996. [31282] 606pp, a few illustrations, bibliog. Cloth, 24x16 Vg, dust wrapper. £35.00

Excellent collection of the major theoretical texts in this period (Venturi, Eisenman, Tschumi, Gregotti, Koolhaas, Rossi etc etc). Naturally includes a good deal on the city. The superior hardback edition.
193 PAPADAKIS George Pop Architecture. A sophisticated interpretation of popular culture? Vol 62 No 7-8

London, Architectural Design Profile No 98, 1992. [31984] xxxvi, 96pp inc illustrations etc. Wraps, 30x25. Three owner's labels else vg. £25.00

Britain and Spain – two-way connections
194 PEREIRA José Ramon Alonso Ingleses y Espanoles. La Arquitectura de la Edad de Plata.

Coruna, Universidade da Coruna, 2000. [31773] 302pp inc maps, plans, photos etc. Spanish text, with English summaries. Wraps, 24x17. Vg. £25.00

Interesting material on the two-way modern architectural connections between Britain and Spain, especially in the early period. With many unusual illustrations (garden cities, Madrid apartment complexes etc). Uncommon.

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195 PETO James and LOVEDAY Donna (eds) Modern Britain 1929-39

London, Design Museum, 1999. [30792] Colour frontis, 135pp inc illustrations, list of Who was Who 1929-39, short chron. Wraps, 30x24. Fine. £30.00

Published for an exhibition. Includes urban design, art, design including London Transport Design, Isokon, mass production etc. Uncommon.
196 PIDGEON Monica & CROSBY Theo An Anthology of Houses

London, Batsford, 1960. [31404] 174pp, 310 photos, plans & diagrams. Cloth, 25x19. Spine a little dull, else good copy. £25.00

International selection of 50 modernist houses, incl. Jacobsen, Stirling, Dannatt, Sert, Rudolph, Seidler etc.
197 POWERS Alan and HARWOOD Elain The Heroic Period of Conservation.

London, Twentieth Century Society, 2004. [31525] 160pp incl many illustrations. Wraps, 26x20. Vg. £16.00

Collections of essays looking at Nairn, Lionel Esher, SAVE et al and the significance of conservation in last fifty years, particularly the 1960s and 1970s. Includes a chapter about Nairn by Gavin Stamp.
198 POWERS Alan (introductory essay) 'Look, Stranger, at This Island Now': English architectural drawings of the 1930s

London, Architectural Association, 1983. [31157] 48pp, many b&w illustrations, biographies, bibliog. Laminated wraps. 18x18. VG. £15.00

Brief but informative exhibition catalogue. Uncommon.
199 RASMUSSEN Steen Eiler Experiencing Architecture

London Chapman & Hall, 1959. [31407] Frontis, 251pp, many illustrations (photos, incl. colour drawings etc). Cloth. 24x16. Good copy in faintly browned dust wrapper-nice. £20.00

Analysis of architecture - by form, texture, rhythm etc.
200 REILLY C. H. Representative British Architects of the Present Day.

London, B.T. Batsford, 1931. [31797] Frontis, 172pp, incl many b&w plates. Cloth. 24x16. Neat contemporary name on front end paper, an unusually nice bright bright copy. £40.00

Important collection, including studies of Adshead, Baker, Dawber, Williams-Ellis, Lanchester, Lutyens and six others.
201 REILLY Prof C H The Theory and Practice of Architecture

London, Gollancz, 1932. [31268] 144pp, short bibliog. Boards, 18x13. Boards a little marked and spine sun faded. Pages a little tanned. Generally a fair copy. £45.00

A suprisingly scarce Reilly title, much of it being a history of architecture culminating in the modern movement.
202 RILEY Terence The International Style: Exhibition 15 and The Museum of Modern Art.

NY, Rizzoli, Colombia Books on Architecture, 1992. [31703] 224pp incl illustrations, extensive notes, bibliog. Preface by Bernard Tschumi. Wraps, 23x23. Vg. £25.00

Exhibition catalogue for Columbia University recreating 'Modern Architecture-International Exhibition at MoMA, NY, 1930. This was a key modern movement episode, described here in great detail.
203 ROBERTSON Manning Laymen and the New Architecture.

London, John Murray, 1925. [31386] Frontis, xii, 205pp + 32 plates and incl 2 text illustrations. W G Raffé's copy. Cloth, 22x15. Foxing to text pages and foredge, some faint pencil notes, good tight binding, plates unaffected. £20.00

Revealing source for post Great War "mainstream" British architecture, neo Georgian etc, well illustrated.
204 Rodean School. CORNFORD L Cope and YERBURY F R Roedean School

London, Ernest Benn, 1927. [30890] Frontis plan, 18pp text plus 31 single-sided plates with 56 illustrations. Cloth, 28x23. Covers foxed, contents vg with nice bright plates. £25.00

Architectural description of this girl's public school on the Sussex coast. It has a fine range of buildings. The overall design for the school was by John W Simpson, later president of RIBA, and was built on a sheep farm. Other designers incuded John Norkett, Arthur Cope.
205 SCHUMACHER Thomas L The Danteum. Architecture, Poetics, and Politics under Italian fascism.

London, Triangle, (1980), 1993. [31431] 163pp inc 123 illustrations, photos, plans, drawings etc, list of documents, bibliog. Wraps, 22x14. Vg. £10.00

Carefully researched work on the Danteum. Terragni emerges as the chief mind behind the project.
206 Serbia. BLAGOJEVIC Ljiljana Modernism in Serbia. The Elusive Margins of Belgrade Architecture 1919-1941

Camb, Mass, MIT, 2003. [31333] xiv, 286pp inc photos, plans etc, lengthy notes. Cloth, 24x21. Vg in dust wrapper. £15.00

First comprehensive account. Most photos and plans not previously published outside Serbia. The city had some impressive modern architecture, including numerous housing projects. Interesting item.
207 SPENCER Brian A (ed) The Prairie School Tradition. The Prairie Archives of the Milwaukee Art Center.

NY, Whitney Library of Design, 1979. [23941] 304pp, mostly 300 plates, bibliography. Cloth, 31x23. Vg, dust wrapper. £50.00

A major study, based on an exhibition at the Center. An excellent reference. Wright invented the term "Prairie Style". It retains much vitality, as in the work of Herb Greene, Bruce Goff etc..
208 STEVENS Jocelyn (foreword) A Change of Heart. English Architecture Since the War. A Policy for Protection

London, RCHME, 1992. [31920] v, 35pp inc photos, further reading list. Wraps, 21x21. Vg. £10.00

Lovely photos. Based on an exhibition at the RCA.
209 SUMMERSON John (intro) Ten Years of British Architecture‘45-55.

London, Arts Council, 1956. [32001] 60pp incl 22 photos. Wraps, 21x14. Very faint splash marks on front cover else vg. £15.00

Includes Festival of Britian, Royal Festival Hall, New Towns etc. Exhibition catalogue. Useful source on this rather neglected decade.
210 TOURNIKIOTIS Panayotis The Historiography of Modern Architecture

Cambs, Mass, MIT, 1999. [31287] xi, 344pp inc illustrations, bibliog. Wraps, 22x17. Vg. £18.00

Focuses on books by major architectural historians of the twentieth century-Pevsner, Banham, Zevi, Tafuri et al.
211 USSR. COOKE Catherine (ed) Russian Avant-Garde. Art and Architecture

London, Architectural Design, 1983. [31501] 96pp inc illustrations, many in colour. Wraps, 28x22. Vg. £20.00

Catherine Cooke was a world authority on Russian modernist architecture. Other contributors include Christina Lodder and Andrei Chernikhov.
212 USSR. SHVIDKOVSKY O A Building in the USSR 1917-1932.

NY, Praeger, 1971. [30844] 144pp inc photos, plans, drawings etc, bibliog. Cloth, 25x21. Vg, dust wrapper. £15.00

Architects include Lissitzky, Melnikov, Semenov. Milyutin, Ginsberg etc. Also chapter on Soviet Architectural Associations 1917-32. Well illustrated and informative.
213 Weaver. WILLIAMS-ELLIS Clough Lawrence Weaver

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1933. [31212] Portrait frontis, 111pp. Cloth, with paste-on spine label. 21x14. A good deal of internal foxing, covers bright. £12.50

A scarce Williams-Ellis item and the only contemporary source for Weaver and his architectural writings.
214 WILSON Colin St John The Other Tradition of Modern Architecture. The Uncompleted Project.

London, Academy, 1995. [31300] 128pp inc photos, plans, drawings. Wraps, 28x22. Vg. £18.00

Wilson makes an argument for another tradition of modernity.
215 WOJTOWICZ Jerzy and FAWCETT William Architecture: Formal Approach

Hong Kong, 1985. [30196] 75pp inc 64 illustrations, bibliog. Wraps, 21x21. Vg. £20.00

Series of lectures and seminars given to students in Hong Kong
216 World Trade Centre. GLANZ James and LIPTON Eric City in the Sky. The Rise and Fall of the World Trade Center.

NY, Times Books, 2003. [31500] xii, 228pp inc text illustrations plus 16pp plates. Boards, cloth spine, 24x17. Vg in dust wrapper. £15.00

'The definitive biography of these iconic skyscrapers and the ambitions that shaped them, from their dizzying rise to their stunning fall.'
217 ZEVI Bruno Architectura in Nuce

Frenze, Sansoni, (1972), 1979 2nd ed. [31389] 247pp inc numerous illustrations, lengthy bibliog. Italian text. Wraps, 24x18. Occasional foxing, good copy. £15.00

On the role of materials in historical architecture. Excellent illustrations.