Search Results: Architecture / Commercial & Industrial from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Preservation Press, 1997. Cloth, 254 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "This beautifully-photographed book offers the complete history of American theaters, highlighting the 40 best theaters in America-from small town halls, to elaborate urban performance houses. It tells the story of why 19th-century theaters remain such a significant force in America's cities and towns, and in our national cultural identity." - Publisher. CONTENTS: THE AMERICAN PERFORMANCE HALL THROUGH HISTORY; Early American Theater Buildings; Backstage in the 1800s; Survival and Revival in the Twentieth Century; Theater Genres. A REVUE OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN THEATERS; Eastern Town Hall Opera Houses; Theatrical Venues in the Midwest; Western Boomtown Opera… Read More

New York: North Point Press; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. 218 pages; 22 cm. With a New Afterword by the Author. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. CONTENTS: The inner world -- Rush to recover -- Dance of the dinosaurs -- Afterword to the paperback edition. "At the center of the book is the team of engineers, many of them instrumental in building the towers, who now must collaborate in the sad task of disassembling them. Their responses are as dramatic and unpredictable as the shifting pile of rubble and the surrounding 'slurry wall' that constantly threatens to collapse, potentially flooding a large part of underground Manhattan. They are also emotional and territorial, as firemen, police, widows, and officials attempt to claim the tragedy--and the difficult work of extracting the rubble and the thousands of dead buried there--as their own." - Publisher.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1969. Cloth, xviii, 174 pages, illustrations (some colour), map; 21 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. Dust jacket toned, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1992. Cloth, 160 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to boards. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Balmain, NSW, and Singapore: Pesaro Publishing; Periplus Editions, 2003. Pictorial boards, 96 pages, colour illustrations; 32 cm. Photographs by Patrick Bingham-Hall. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "This work provides a comprehensive analysis of ten Balinese resorts and showcases the architectural style that marked the last 20 years of building in Bali. It shows how a culture tempering the tradition of old with the innovation of new has created buildings of beauty and exoticism." - Publisher.. 2nd. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio.

New York: Harper & Row; Icon Editions Ser., 1982. Cloth, 206 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First U.S. Edition. Dust jacket, with light edgewear & a slightly faded spine, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to.

Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Biltmore Associates, 1990. 61 pages, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First printing. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Collectible.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2001. 179 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "At the beginning of the automobile age, in that most car crazy of places, Southern California, roadways were dotted with eye-catching beacons for travelers. Diners shaped like chili bowls, pigs, and coffee pots; hotels and theaters in Aztec and Mayan motifs; and all manner of oddly shaped buildings were part of the Western architectural landscape - a trend that spread across the country. California Crazy & Beyond: Roadside Venacular Architecture is the most thorough documentation of this ususual architectural style, and a greatly enhanced, fully revised version of the classic book that first explored the movement." - Publisher.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. xv, 176 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Sunned spine. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "Using historical accounts, desk and personal diaries, and contemporary guidebooks, The Castleweaves the Smithsonian Building's nearly 150-year architectural history with the lore and stories of the people who have worked and lived in this striking medieval revival structure. The book also discusses the design of the 19th-century building." - Publisher.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. xv, 176 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "Using historical accounts, desk and personal diaries, and contemporary guidebooks, The Castleweaves the Smithsonian Building's nearly 150-year architectural history with the lore and stories of the people who have worked and lived in this striking medieval revival structure. The book also discusses the design of the 19th-century building." - Publisher.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2012. xx, 248 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. "Teddy Roosevelt's head sculpted from butter. The Liberty Bell replicated in oranges. The Sioux City Corn Palace of 1891 encased with corn, grains, and grasses and stretching for two city blocks--with a trolley line running down its center. Between 1870 and 1930, from county and state fairs to the world's fairs, large exhibition buildings were covered with grains, fruits, and vegetables to declare in no uncertain terms the rich agricultural abundance of the United States. At the same fairs--but on a more intimate level--ice-cooled cases enticed fairgoers to marvel at an array of butter sculpture models including cows, buildings, flowers, and politicians, all proclaiming the rich bounty and unending promise held by the region.Often viewed as mere humorous novelties--fun and folksy, but not worthy of serious consideration--these lively forms of… Read More

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1990. 80 pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 21 x 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong.

New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1946. Cloth, 365 pages, [60] pages of plates, illustrations; 23 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket tanned, with moderate edgewear.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2019. Pictorial boards, vii, 288 pages, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "A nuanced portrait of the 20th-century architect whose work defined the built aesthetic of corporate America Gordon Bunshaft's (1909-1990) landmark 1952 design for Lever House reshaped the Manhattan skyline and elevated the reputation of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), the firm where he would spend more than 40 years as a partner. Although this enigmatic architect left behind few records, his legacy endures in the corporate headquarters, museums, and libraries that were built in his distinctive modernist style. Bunshaft's career was marked by shifts in material. Glass and steel structures of the 1950s, such as New York's Chase Manhattan Bank, gave way to revolutionary designs in concrete, such as the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale… Read More

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1984. Cloth, 144 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to boards. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. These iron structures are the Gothic cathedrals of the Industrial Revolution. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "Briefly traces the history of railway stations, shows stations in Britain, Germany, Finland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, and Holland, and describes each terminal's background." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2014. xii, 541 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations, genealogical tables; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "The story of the family that established the model for the modern luxury hotel industry sheds new light on its enigmatic patriarch Conrad Hilton--who struggled with emotional detachment, failed marriages, and conflicted Catholicism--and his children." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. Cloth, 318 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "From the time they emerged in American cities in the 1820s, commercial luxury hotels were far more than places where a traveler could eat and sleep-they were icons of style, opulence, and technological sophistication. Molly W. Berger offers a compelling history of the American hotel and how it captured the public's imagination as it came to represent the complex-and often contentious-relationship among luxury, economic development, and the ideals of a democratic society. From New York to San Francisco and points in between, Berger profiles the country's most prestigious hotels, including Boston's 1829 Tremont, which served as a model for luxury hotel design; San Francisco's world famous Palace, completed in 1875; and Chicago's enormous Stevens, built two years before the great crash of 1929. The… Read More

Bruxelles; Brussels: Editions des Archives d'Architecture Moderne; Archives of Modern Architecture, 1975. 176 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm. Edition of 3,500 copies. Exhibition held 10 to 31 October, 1975 at the Ecole nationale superieure d'architecture et des arts visuels. Organized by the Archives d'architecture moderne, in collaboration with the Ecole nationale superieure d'architecture et des arts visuels and the Departement of Architectural History of the Florence University. Reference copy: Spine lean, wrappers with a closed tear on the back cover, mended with acid-free tape. Previous owner's blind stamps within, otherwise unmarked. Profusely illustrated. Scarce.. 1st. Paperback. Good. 8vo.

London and Cologne: Ellipsis; Konemann, 1999. 79 pages, colour illustrations, map; 32 cm. Architecture in Context Series. Text in English, French and German. Translated into German by Andreas Klatt; translated into French by Armelle Tardiveau. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. Illus. by Collie, Keith (Photographs by). Folio. Collectible.

San Raphael, CA: ORO Editions, 2014. Cloth, 252 pages, chiefly colour illustrations, plans (some colour); 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: Ground zero; Mindfield; Montecito residence; Glass pavilion; Urban spa; Brand new school; Wong Doody; Riviera residence; Greentree residence; Dubai villas; East Channel residence; Santa Barbara estate; Bentley residence; Davidandgoliath; Ogilvy & Mather; Hydraulx; Fuel Design & Production; Artist studio; Saatchi & Saatchi; Biscuit Filmworks; Toro Canyon residence; The Firm; Painter residence; A choreography of collision, by Thom Mayne; Sense and sensibility, by Joseph Giovannini; Form follows intention interviews with Shubin + Donaldson.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to.