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1	Towards a New Architecture more books like this by Le Corbusier In 'Vers une Architecture', published in 1923, Le Corbusier equates the pure forms of the machine with the pure forms of the Parthenon to illustrate his view of architecture as a question of mass rather than facades, and that machines are highly architectural. First published in English in 1927, it is the most influential architectural manifesto ... see all copies from £7.76! new only from £9.19! \| first editions
2	Frank Lloyd Wright more books like this by Frank Lloyd Wright Part of a series that aims to place buildings within their historical context, this text considers Wright's Unity Temple, Barnsdall House and Johnson Wax Administration Building. It includes specially produced technical drawings that explain how the buildings were detailed and put together. The text explains how together, the three buildings ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £11.55! \| first editions
3	Art of Robert Bateman more books like this by Robert Bateman see all copies from £7.02! new only from £15.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Frank Lloyd Wright more books like this by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Peter Gossel (Editor), Gabriele Leuthauser (Editor) The American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) exerted unique influence on the architecture of the first half of this century. This volume presents the whole range of Frank Lloyd Wright's extraordinarily prolific output and shows clearly how his view of the world was a common factor throughout the rich diversity of his oeuvre. From his ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £5.65! \| first editions
5	The Fellowship: The Untold Story of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship more books like this by Roger Friedland, Harold Zellman Frank Lloyd Wright has been canonized as America's greatest architect - the man who gave us the Guggenheim Museum, and dozens of other 19th and 20th century American architectural landmarks. The scandals of his early life - including his multiple marriages and the bizarre axe murder of his third wife and family by an outraged servant in 1914 - ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £6.51! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	The Four Books of Architecture more books like this by Andrea Palladio Exemplary reprint of l6th-century classic. Covers classical architectural remains, Renaissance revivals, classical orders, more. 216 plates. ." . . the most influential book published in the history of architecture." -- "Art in America," see all copies from £9.95! new only from £15.19! \| first editions
7	Greene & Greene: Masterworks more books like this by Bruce Smith, Alexander Vertikoff (Photographer), Edward R Bosley (Foreword by) In the first decades of the 20th century, Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene almost single-handedly defined the Arts and Crafts aesthetic in America as the architectural firm Greene & Greene. The only full-color survey of the firm's greatest works-including several newly restored to their original grandeur-"Greene & Greene" reveals the ... see all copies from £9.40! new only from £19.99! \| first editions
8	Frank Lloyd Wright in Pop-Up more books like this by Iain Thomson, Keith Finch (Contributions by), Andrew Crowson (Illustrator) Using the latest in paper engineering, this book brings to life six of Frank Lloyd Wright's most famous buildings. see all copies from £13.41! new only from £18.35! \| first editions
9	Many Masks: A Life of Frank Lloyd Wright more books like this by Brendan Gill Frank Lloyd Wright (18671959) is often described as the greatest of American architects. His worksamong them Taliesin North, Taliesin West, Fallingwater, the Johnson Wax buildings, the Guggenheim Museumearned him a good measure of his fame, but his flamboyant personal life earned him the rest. Here Brendan Gill, a personal friend of Wright and ... see all copies from £6.36! new only from £13.07! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Frank Lloyd Wright more books like this by Robert McCarter An analytical account of Wright's career, this text features recent photography, archival images and redrawn plans of the architect's best known buildings. The book also features a chronology of all Wright's buildings and projects. The monograph explores the underlying themes and principles of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture. Robert McCarter's ... see all copies from £8.79! new only from £8.79! \| first editions
11 view cover	Breaking Ground: Adventures in Life and Architecture more books like this by Daniel Archer Libeskind, Sarah Crichton A noted architect shares his iconoclastic approach to the creation of public space, his ideas about tragedy and hope and the ways in which architecture can shape and memorialize human experience, and his unique vision for the construction of the 1776 Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site. 100 see all copies from £4.94! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Death in a Prairie House: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders more books like this by William R Drennan The most pivotal and yet least understood event of Frank Lloyd Wright's celebrated life involves the brutal murders in 1914 of seven adults and children dear to the architect and the destruction by fire of Taliesin, his landmark residence, near Spring Green, Wisconsin. Unaccountably, the details of that shocking crime have been largely ignored by ... see all copies from £11.59! new only from £11.59! \| first editions
13 view cover	Metropolis of Tomorrow more books like this by Hugh Ferriss This facsimile edition of a classic architecture manual from the 1920s includes reproductions of the original drawings and commentary by Hugh Ferriss, a master architectural artist who rendered now-legendary charcoal drawings of skyscrapers and other urban structures. With a biographical essay. see all copies from £10.99! new only from £10.99! \| first editions
14 view cover	Frank Lloyd Wright in Arizona more books like this by Lawrence W Cheek "Wright fell in love with the desert quickly and profoundly," writes Lawrence W. Cheek. "It was a vast, blank canvas ... it was an open-air warehouse of natural forms, colors, and textures that both delighted and inspired him." Frank Lloyd Wright first came to Arizona in 1928. In this spectacular desert landscape he built his winter headquarters, ... see all copies from £7.04! new only from £10.95! \| signed copies
15 view cover	Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner more books like this by Nicholas Olsberg (Editor), Jean-Louis Cohen (Text by), Frank Escher (Text by) One of the visionary architects of the twentieth century, John Lautner designed dramatically innovative buildings with a rare sensitivity to site, vista, and structure. Accompanying a full-scale exhibition on Lautner at Los Angeles's Hammer Museum, this is the first publication to comprehensively explore his work, including his apprenticeship with ... see all copies from £31.46! new only from £31.46! \| first editions
16 view cover	Frank Lloyd Wright: The Houses more books like this by Alan Weintraub (Photographer), Kenneth Frampton, Thomas S Hines For the first time, all 289 extant houses designed by the master architect are shown here in exquisite color photographs. Along with Weintraub's stunning photos and a selection of floor plans and archival images, the book includes text and essays by several leading Wright scholars. see all copies from £37.95! new only from £37.95! \| first editions
17 view cover	Boca Rococo: How Addison Mizner Invented Florida's Gold Coast more books like this by Caroline Seebohm see all copies from £5.65! new only from £7.86! \| first editions
18 view cover	Frank Gehry in Pop-Up more books like this by Jinny Johnson, Roland Lewis For over forty years, postmodern architect Frank Gehry has changed skylines with his dramatic forms. Among several other awards, his enchanting body of work earned him the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize-the "Nobel Prize of architecture." Experience for yourself Gehry's captivating deconstructive designs in a new interactive book, "Frank ... see all copies from £14.63! new only from £14.63!
19	An Autobiography more books like this by Frank Lloyd Wright see all copies from £7.13! new only from £74.14! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Julius Shulman: Palm Springs more books like this by Michael Stern, Alan Hess Through Julius Shulman's lens, the architecture of Southern California became iconic images of modernism. His photographs heralded the glamor and casual elegance of a lifestyle and architecture that has become revered worldwide. Focusing on the desert paradise of Palm Springs, which was his seminal crucible, this book presents his masterpieces. ... see all copies from £27.09! new only from £27.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	The Houses of McKim, Mead & White more books like this by Samuel G White, Jonathan Wallen (Photographer) This volume focuses on the residential work of McKim, Mead & White, one of America's best known, most prolific and influential architecture firms. Based in New York and with nearly 1000 commissions executed between 1879 and 1912, the work of McKim, Mead & White included the most prestigious projects of the era: the redesign of the White House and ... see all copies from £12.92! new only from £13.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	The Architecture of Philip Johnson more books like this by Philip Johnson (Foreword by), Hillary Lewis, Richard Payne, M.D (Photographer) Philip Johnson's imprint is indelibly stamped on cities across America and his influence can be felt worldwide. His distinctive designs and widespread influence have made him one of the foremost names of 20th-century architecture. His life's work encompasses ideas that have shaped the way we live, work and play, from the sculpture garden at the ... see all copies from £10.16! new only from £22.09! \| first editions
23 view cover	Robert A. M. Stern: Houses and Gardens more books like this by Robert A M Stern, Peter Morris Dixon (Editor), Witold Rybczynski (Introduction by) Robert A. M. Stern is dedicated to the synthesis of tradition and innovation. In more than thirty-five years of practice, he has produced a wide range of building types with a variety of stylistic influences, all inspired by the great legacy of American architecture. His firm, Robert A. M. Stern Architects, was first recognized for its ... see all copies from £27.90! new only from £27.90! \| first editions
24 view cover	Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and an Architecture of Decency more books like this by Andrea Oppenheimer Dean, Timothy Hursley, Andrea Oppenheimer 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, ... see all copies from £12.51! new only from £14.29! \| first editions
25 view cover	Fallingwater Rising: Frank Lloyd Wright, E. J. Kaufmann, and America's Most Extraordinary House more books like this by Franklin Toker Franklin Toker writes about the building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater in Pennsylvania for the Pittsburgh department-store tycoon E. J. Kaufmann, and also about its effect on Wright's career. see all copies from £10.22! new only from £15.14! \| signed copies \| first editions

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