$20.00 USD • Used
Quarto [approximately 11-1/4 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide], light tan cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is very slightly bumped. The head & tail of the dust jacket spine are slightly chipp...
Quarto [approximately 11-1/4 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide], light tan cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is very slightly bumped. The head & tail of the dust jacket spine are slightly chipped & there is a tear to the bottom edge of the front panel. 199 & [1] pages. Profusely illustrated with architectural drawings & plans in black & white and color. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. First edition.The authors "contrast the traditional role of drawings as a documentation of the process of design or the representation of an object as yet unbuilt with the new role of drawing as a visual search for ideas and a statement of the potential role that architecture might play." [From the dust wrapper copy]. The book is illustrated with drawings by numerous architects, among them Cesar Pelli, Daniel Libeskind, Taft Architects and George Ranalli. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
Product Info
Publisher: New York: Whitney Library of Design, (1981).
Year: (1981).
Type: Used
Binding: Softcover
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