Architecture Today
by Charles Jencks
ISBN: 0810918838
ISBN-13: 9780810918832
Format: Hardcover
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc
Published date: 1988
Size: 12.5 x 15.25 inches
Weight: 6.5 pounds
Publisher's Notes
Surveys late-modernism, post-modernism, and alternative architectural styles, providing examples of homes, office buildings, museums, churches, and apartment buildings that illustrate each approach.
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Architecture Today
Jencks, Charles
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1988. good hardcover, no dustjacket, rear join crack, ARCH507864. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. ( more information) Offered by BookCollector.net (United States)
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Architecture Today, Revised and Enlarged
Jencks, Charles
New York:: Abrams,, 1988.. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. This version adds 8 more chapters than the previous edition. 358 p. 12"x12" Dust jacket with light rubbing at corners. ( more information) Offered by Blythe Spirit Books (United States)
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Architecture Today
Jencks, Charles
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York Revised and Enlarged edition 1988. . Hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, silver lettering to spine, blind stamping to upper panel. 12" x 12" 358 pp ISBN 0810918838. Colour and monochrome photographic illustrations on glossy silk art paper. Without inscription. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper with extra folded paper to upper and lower edges, original selling price label to lower cover $75.00, this is a new untouched copy. Member of the P.B.F.A. ( more information) Offered by Little Stour Books (United Kingdom)
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ARCHITECHTURE TODAY
JENCKS, Charles
New York: ABRAMS, 1988.. First Edition. ISBN:0 8109 1883 8. Revised and enlarged Edition, 600 coloured illustrations, very useful survey by a masterly exponent of modern design, very nice copy in sl damaged dw ( more information) Offered by Amwell Book Company (United Kingdom)
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Architecture Today
Jencks, Charles
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harry N. Abrams Incorporated, 1988.. Fair/Fair. 1st. ISBN:0810918838. more that 600 illustrations. ( more information) Offered by Amwell Book Company (United Kingdom)
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