Search Results: Architecture from Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko

Warsaw: Centrum Architektury, 2012 8vo (22.5 cm), 320 pp. Publisher's boards. In Polish. AR / PS: The architecture of Arsenius Romanowicz and Piotr Szymaniak. Edited by Grzegorz Piątek. Arseniusz Romanowicz (AR, 1910- 2008) and Piotr Szymaniak (PS, 1911-1967) designed some of the most interesting buildings in post-war Warsaw: Central Station, Eastern Railway Station, Ochota, Powiśle and Stadion stations. However they did not care about publicity and remained in the shade for most of their lives. The buildings themselves quickly deteriorated and until recent restorations and upgrades it was difficult to appreciate them. AR/PS is a collection of essays by Polish and foreign authors discussing the career of Romanowicz and Szymaniak from the 1930s to the 1990s, and nearly 200 old and new photographs, including unpublished materials from family archives. The book also included unpublished text by Arseniy Romanovich from the mid-1980s and interviews with architects who worked on upgrading… Read More

Kraków: Instytut Architektury, 2013 8vo (22 cm), 160 pp, Laminated wrappers. In Polish. The work of Szyszko-Bohusz (1883 - 1948) perfectly illustrates the mental, cultural, artistic and political context in which modern architecture was born in Poland. He is one of the most important Polish architects of the first half of the twentieth century, who to a large extent shaped the space of modern Krakow, being at the same time one of the founders of the national myth of the revived Second Polish Republic. He was an extremely influential man, holding many important positions and realizing the most prestigious architectural projects of his time. The architect's work, built between tradition and the search for a new form in architecture, goes deeply to the essence of the processes taking place in the architecture of the early twentieth century.

Architectural Press, 2006 8vo (23.5 cm), XVI, 159 pp. Laminated wrappers. "Why does the word design owe its origin to Latin and not Greek roots? Where do the limits of the human mind lie? How does ambiguity enter the deterministic world of computation? Who was Parmenides and why is his philosophy still puzzling today? This unique volume challenges the reader to tackle all these complex questions and more." (from the publisher's description)

Kraków: Międzynarodowe Centrum Kultury, 2018 4to (26.5 cm), 288 pp. Publisher's printed boards. The catalog of an exhibition held in International Cultural Centre, Krakow 09.11.2018-10.02.2019. From the blurb: "How did architecture and urban planning help realize socio-political goals in newly emerged states of Central Europe after the First World War? Where were old monuments and mausoleums demolished and where were new ones erected to strengthen young national identities? Is interwar architectural modernism specific exclusively for large urban centres? What kind of initiatives were undertaken by independent Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and the Baltic countries to provide their citizens good living conditions? This publication offers a multidimensional discussion of the relationship between architecture and politics after the First World War. It features comprehensive essays on new political geography of Central-Eastern Europe after the Paris Peace Conference… Read More

Yale University Press, 1995 2 volumes 4to (31 cm), XXX, 326 pp, 4 plates; XII, PP. 327-750. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). From the blurb: "This two-volume set is a comprehensive catalogue of the architectural drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, a key figure in the birth of the architectural profession in the United States. All Latrobe's architectural projects are considered in detail, and each project is illustrated with his surviving drawings. Among the works discussed are the U.S. Capitol, the Bank of Pennsylvania, the Baltimore Cathedral, the Virginia State Penitentiary, the Stephen Decatur house, and numerous other commissions for public and private buildings. The volumes also analyze Latrobe's style of architectural drawing, trace the evolution of his technique, and place his graphic legacy in the contexts of his own architectural work and international currents at the end of the eighteenth century. The Architectural Drawings represents the final… Read More

Bibliothèque de L'Image, 2001 Oblong 4to (25.5 x 29 cm), 166 pp. Laminates wrappers with flaps (paper slightly toned, wrappers somewhat cracked at the tail of the spine). In English, French and Italian. This beautifully illustrated book showcases a selection of the finest architectural drawings from the eighteenth century. Featuring works by some of the most renowned architects of the period, including Robert Adam, John Soane, and Étienne-Louis Boullée, this volume provides a fascinating glimpse into the history of architecture and the art of drawing. The detailed commentary accompanying each drawing offers valuable insights into the architect's creative process and the cultural context in which the work was produced.

Taschen, 2003 4to (25.5 cm), 844, [4] pp. Laminated flexible boards with flaps (binding slightly rubbed at extremities and scuffed, mounted bookplate, collector's blind stamp on the title). With a preface by Bernd Evers and an introduction by Christof Thoenes. "The discussion of architectural theory has its roots in Vitrivius' De architectura libri decem (Ten Books on Architecture). As the oldest treatise on architecture to survive in its entirety from pre-Christian times. Vitruvius' work is not simply a unique source of information about the architecture of antiquity and its principles, but has become the foundation for all writings on architectural theory since the Renaissance. The present volume discusses, in 89 concise essays, the most important treatises on architecture from the Renaissance to today. The authors explore the origins of each treatise and examine the motives that have prompted architects over the past 500 years to set down their ideas on paper. Grouped by nation and… Read More

The MIT Press, 2001 8vo (23.5 cm), VIII, 246 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf wear, blind collector's stamp on the half-title). "The discipline of architecture depends on the transmission in space and time of accumulated experiences, concepts, rules, and models. From the invention of the alphabet to the development of ASCII code for electronic communication, the process of recording and transmitting this body of knowledge has reflected the dominant information technologies of each period. In this book Mario Carpo discusses the communications media used by Western architects, from classical antiquity to modern classicism, showing how each medium related to specific forms of architectural thinking." (from the publisher's synopsis)

McGraw-Hill Professional, 1998 4to (28 cm), X, 238 pp. Laminated wrappers. "Thomas Schaller, the foremost watercolorist in architecture in the world and winner of the prestigious Hugh Ferriss Memorial Prize, has now revised and expanded his classic, award-winning Architecture in Watercolor for this paperback edition. Watercolor is enjoying a renaissance in architecture - because of its unsurpassed drama, emotion, and subtlety, and its marvelous painterly qualities. No medium excels watercolor's power to enhance competition entries and convey the qualities of unbuilt buildings. This book takes you through basic and advanced watercolor techniques, illustrated by the works of some of the medium's modern masters." (from the publisher's description)

Warszawa: Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza Architektów Polskich, 1925 12 issues in 11 volumes, 4to (32 cm), title and 6 pages of index, 3 issues published in 1925, 48 pp each, 9 issues published in 1926, No. 4, 5, 6, 40 pp each, No. 7, 8, 9 36 pp each, No, 10-11 58 pp, No. 12 32 pp. Contemporary cloth, spine gilt (binding slightly rubbed at extremities). Complete run of the first of the "Architecture and Construction",' an important Polish monthly architectural periodical dedicated to exploring the latest trends in contemporary Polish (primarily) and foreign architecture, construction, and urban planning. Key articles featured in this comprehensive first year encompass topics such as the competition for the construction of the National Museum in Warsaw, the National Theater in Warsaw, challenges of the big city, the project for the building of the National Archive, architectural education in present-day Russia, town planning in Poland after the war, and industrial architecture.

Kraków: Wysoki Zamek, 2013 8vo (24 cm), 320 pp, loosely inserted folding plan. In Polish. Architecture of the interwar Krakow 1918-1939: Buildings, people, stories. A catalogue of 101 buildings illustrated by unpublished iconography material. New findings related to the history of objects based on previously unused archival sources are the result not only of tedious searches, but above all of the detective's intrusion, which invites the reader to a fascinating journey along the route of Krakow's architecture of the Second Polish Republic.

Rowman and Littlefield, 1971 12mo (19.5 cm), XIV, 216 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine (bookplate). The fourth edition of Theodore Besterman's "A World Bibliography of Bibliographies" was published in 1965-66. It's a monumental book which contains 6664 columns. Rowman and Littlefield in 18 separate publications gathered all the titles in some of the major fields. The volume on art and architecture includes approximately 1000 entries.

[London]: Priestley and Weale, 1825 12mo (17.5 cm), XV, [1], 189, [1] pp interleaved with blank paper. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, red morocco gilt-lettered label, sprinkled edges (binding slightly soiled, front board crack repaired, endpapers somewhat dusted, blind collector's stamp and pencil marks on front free endpaper, clip from bookseller catalogue mounted on top of the half-title, ownership entry on top of title, few manuscript entries on interleaving paper, outer margins of a few leaves stained, 4 leaves at the end water-stained). In 1824, Priestley and Weale issued a catalogue of English and foreign publications related to the science of architecture and engineering. This is a new edition of that catalogue, emended and corrected. "In arranging this list, we have divided the collection into Twelve Classes; to afford more facility for reference, there is subjoined a very elaborate Index of respective Authors, Books, Subjects, Buildings, etc." (from the… Read More

't Goy-Houten: Hes & De Graaf, 2002 8vo (24.5 cm), 418 pp. Publisher's cloth (minor shelf-wear). This catalog encompasses books on military architecture printed in Venice. Over the century spanning from Vallle's initial Venetian edition in 1524 to the appearance of Tensini in 1624, Venice produced nearly as many titles in this genre as the rest of Europe combined. The catalog provides descriptions for 351 titles, along with indexes and a key to references.

Kens Spelman Rare Books, 2003 4to (25.5 cm), 28 pp. Printed wrappers (wrappers slightly dusted). 450 entries.

Martino Publishing, 2007 4to (27 cm), 571 pp. Second edition, the first published by Cambridge University Press in 1990. This first-ever account of architectural books printed in Britain. For each of the 220 authors covered there is an essay discussing his interests, the purpose and the genesis of his publications. A detailed bibliographical description of the author's architectural publications follows each essay and gives details of the first and subsequent editions of some four hundred titles. The main body of the text is preceded by general essays on books on the Orders, bridges, archeology, engraving, publishing and bookselling, manuals of carpentry and design and pattern-books.

Cambridge University Press, 1990 4to (27 cm), 571 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket in protective film (blind collector's stamp on half-title). First edition. This comprehensive study examines the evolution of architectural writing in Britain during the early modern period. Encompassing the contributions of architects, builders, theoreticians, and critics, as well as books on engineering and surveying, the book delves into the social, economic, and intellectual context of architectural writing. It provides detailed bibliographical descriptions of over 500 works. Originally published by Cambridge University Press in 1990, it has since become a standard reference in the field.

The MIT Press, 2003 8vo (23.5 cm), XVI, 532 pp. Publisher's cloth backed boards and dust jacket. "The origins of the modern science of engineering can be traced to France's Royal Corps of Engineering in the eighteenth century. In Conserving the Enlightenment, Janis Langins gives us a history of this prototypical technical bureaucracy, using as his point of entry a pivotal dispute on the respective merits of two methods of engineering military fortifications. The story he tells of the tribulations of military engineers at the end of the Old Regime sheds light not only on the evolution of modern engineering but also on the difficulty of innovation in a technical bureaucracy." (from the publisher's description)

London: Nakladem Fundacji Lanckoronskich i Polskiej Fundacji Kulturalnej, 1974 4to (30 cm), 422 pp. Publisher's cloth. In Polish. "Old L'viv, Its Art, and Culture." This is one of the most comprehensive works on the artistic culture and art of Lviv. It includes numerous illustrations and indexes. Tadeusz Mańkowski (1878-1956) was a Polish lawyer, art historian, employee of the Ossoliński National Institute in Lviv, and director of the Royal Castle on Wawel Hill.

W W Norton & Co, 1978 8vo (23.5 cm), LX, 204 pp, plates. Laminated wrappers. A manual of interior design written by Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman, first published in 1897. This is a new edition with introductory notes by John Barrington Bayley and William A. Coles.