Results for: architecture


11 Matches Found
 Two folio binders, slipcased. Grey paper boards printed in black and with the logo of the architects in blind on each binder and on the slipcase. The first binder contains a presentation in comb binding bound in, setting forth the proposal for the planning and design of the administrative headquarters of Security Pacific Bank in Los Angeles, It sets forth the architects' credentials and contains a number of original photographs of past projects, including Occidental Center, Crocker Citizens Headquarters and Mutual Benefit Life Plaza. The second volume, similarly bound, focuses on design concepts, space planning, landscaping, parking and related matters. Spines sunned else a fine set. Security Pacific did build its headquarters, but used Albert C. Martin and Associates. The resulting structure is now known as the Bank of America Plaza, at 333 So, Hope Street, the 5th tallest building in Los Angeles at 55 floors.
Security Pacific National Bank Administrative Headquarters Building
(Bank of America Plaza)
Los Angeles: William L. Pereira Assoc., 1970.
Price: $500.00
more info
add to cart
Two volumes. Folio. 703; 713,(1);(8),713-1312pp.  Spines titled in gilt; boards blocked with a design in blind and the volume numbers in gilt. Illustrated in color with 700 plates as well as black and white decorations and text figures. Bibliography. A fine set in original pictorial slipcase depicting a detail from Fra Angelico's Last Judgment. A sumptuous production featuring sculpture and paintings from 59 BC to 1600 AD as well as the native architecture. A heavy set, but no additional charge for domestic media mail.
The Art of Florence
Andres, Glenn, John M. Hunsiak and A. Richard Turner
New York: Abbevile Press, 1988.
Price: $250.00
more info
add to cart
 Folio. xv, 106pp. No. 15 of 360 copies.  Quarter vellum, stamped in gilt; green cloth stamped in gilt.  75 full page plates after photographs. Historical text by Henry John Feasey; An Account of the Abbey Buildings by J. T. Micklethwaite, Architect to the Dean and Chapter; and an Appendix on Mediaeval Monuments by Edward Bell. Head and tail of spine lightly worn, as are corners; cloth slightly soiled; inner hinges neatly repaired; else a very good copy with fine plates.
Westminster Abbey Historically Described
Feasey, Henry John
London: George Bell & Sons, 1899.
Price: $300.00
more info
add to cart
A History of Cast Iron in Architecture
Gloag, John, & Derek Bridgwater
London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1948.
Price: $150.00
more info
add to cart
 Small 4to. (xx), 289pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs, drawings and maps. Original beige cloth, gilt titles. Index. Bibliography, A fine, bright copy. Dustwrapper is not price-clipped; it is fine as well. Possibly the most complete study to date of the folk architecture of a tribal society.
Navajo Architecture: Forms, History, Distributions
Jett, Stephen C., and Virginia E. Spencer
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (1981).
Price: $150.00
more info
add to cart
Geschichte der Baukunst mit Aestehetischer Vorschule
Kuhn, P. Albet, O.S.B.
New York: Benziger Brotrhers, 1909.
Price: $125.00
more info
add to cart
A Book of Towers and Other Buildings of Southern Europe
Sitwell, Sacheverell
London: Frederick Etchells et al, 1928.
Price: $375.00
more info
add to cart
Early Christian Architecture in Ireland
Stokes, Margaret
London: George Bell and Sons, 1878.
Price: $450.00
more info
add to cart
Topic Notification


Thorn Books
Box 1073
Cortaro, AZ 85652-1073
Phone: (520) 743-7773
Hours: 9AM - 5PM MST Mon. - Sat.
powered by Bibliopolis