Search Results: Architecture from Orpheus Books

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2005. First Edition / First Printing. Maroon laminated boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

New York: McGraw Hill Companies, 07 2004 Signed by Joshua Prince Ramus at the article on OMA's Seattle Public Library (page 89). First edition / First printing. Pictorial wrappers. Near fine with wear. Joshua Prince-Ramus founded the New York office of OMA in 2000, and was a principal designer, along with Rem Koolhaas, of projects such as the Seattle Public Library and the Guggenheim Las Vegas Museum. In May 2006 the New York office split from OMA to become the firm REX. Rem Koolhaas is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 2000.

New York: Rizzoli, 1986. First edition / First printing. Blue cloth. Very fine in fine dust jacket. Frank O. Gehry is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 1989. Early monograph on the architect, released in conjunction with a major exhibition at the Walker Art Center.

New York: Artisan, 1997. First Edition / First Printing. Green cloth. Fine in a dust jacket with tiny chip to the center bottom of the back panel, else fine. Profiles with photographs of ten Garden designers: Dan Pearson, Nancy Gosler Power, Madison Cox, Patrick Chasse, Alain David Idoux, Steve Martino, Ron Lusko, Nancy McCabe, Piet Oudolf, and Louis Benech.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. First edition / First printing. Uncorrected proof. Salmon printed wrappers. Near fine. Frank O. Gehry is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 1989.

New York: Rizzoli, 1992. First U.S. edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy of this important monograph.

Tokyo: Shokokusha, 1955 First edition / First printing. Green cloth. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with a few short tears to the edges. Attractive clean copy. Text is in English and Japanese.

Seattle: Experience Music Project, 2000. Signed by Frank O. Gehry. First edition / First printing. Illustrated wrappers. Fine. Uncommon signed. Frank O. Gehry is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 1989.

New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications, 1997. First edition / First printing. The uncommon first edition with the copyright date listed as 1997. Note: any copy listing multiple copyright dates is a later printing. Grayish-white cloth with square spine. (Later printings have a convex, rounded spine). Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Many later printings of this title are misidentified as first editions. Frank O. Gehry is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 1989.

Seattle: Henry Art Gallery 2000. First edition / First printing. Illustrated chipboard wrappers. Very fine. An uncommon Gehry title. Plastic sleeve with floppy disk tipped onto rear wrapper. Frank O. Gehry is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 1989.

Berlin: Aedes, Galerie fur Architektur, 1989. First edition / First printing. Yellow printed wrappers. Fine. Catalogue for an exhibition of Gehry's preliminary drawings, models and plans for the Design Museum Vitra at Weil am Rhein. Text is in German and English. Frank O. Gehry is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 1989.

Tokyo: A. D. A. Edita, 2003. Signed by Waro Kishi and Glenn Murcutt. First edition / First printing. Pictorial wrappers. Very fine. Glenn Murcutt is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 2002. Winner of the 1992 Alvar Aalto Medal. Winner of the 2009 AIA [American Institute of Architects] Gold Medal.

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004. First edition / First printing. Tan paper-covered boards. Fine in two fine overlapping die cut dust jackets, as issued. Frank O. Gehry is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 1989.

New York: Rizzoli, 1999. Signed on the half-title page by Frank O. Gehry. First edition / First printing. Illustrated boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Frosted "vellum" jacket is fragile, and tears and chips easily, this copy is flawless. An exceptional copy. Frank O. Gehry is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 1989.

New York: Rizzoli, 1999. First edition / First printing. Illustrated boards. Very fine in near fine dust jacket. Frosted "vellum" jacket is fragile, and tears and chips easily, this copy has a long tear to the rear panel, and a small chip near the top rear flap fold. Frank O. Gehry is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 1989.

Gloucester MA: Rockport Publishersi, 1995. Signed on the inside front cover by Gwathmey. First edition / First printing. Illustrated wrappers. Very good with some peeling of the laminate around the edges.

Tokyo: Shokokusha Publishing Co 1964. Signed on the title page and dated by the author. Additionally Inscribed: Aug 26, 1965 To: Frank Jones Best Wishes Masao Kinoshita. First edition / First printing. Brown cloth with gilt title on front cover in English and Japanese title in white on the spine. Fine in very good slipcase With rubbing and wear. Clear plastic jacket is not present. Both white paper flaps with author information in English and Japanese are present and are in near fine condition. Text in English and Japanese. Kinoshita worked with Sasaski, Walker and Associates; Eero Saarinen and Associates, and other prestigious firms and schools.

Seattle: Seattle Public Library, 2008. Signed by Joshua Prince-Ramus, co-principal architect, with the passport stamp for the Seattle Central Public Library. First edition / First printing. Blue and white printed wrappers. Very fine. Joshua Prince-Ramus founded the New York office of OMA in 2000, and was a principal designer, along with Koolhaas, of projects such as the Seattle Public Library and the Guggenheim Las Vegas Museum. In May 2006 the New York office split from OMA to become the firm REX. Rem Koolhaas is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 2000.

Seattle: University of Washington Graduate School, 2017. First edition / First printing. Full color exhibition poster. 13" x 18 Very fine.

New York / Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1979. Signed by Yamasaki on the half-title page. Additionally inscribed Dear Don With all the best. First edition / First Printing. Gray linen covered boards. Very fine in a fine dust jacket with minor wear at the tips of the flap folds. An Architect best known for the World Trade Center. The design included many technical breakthroughs, including the fastest elevator system to date. He designed the Pacific Science Center for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, which led to being on the cover of Time Magazine. Other major projects include: The Rainier Tower in downtown Seattle. The aluminum wrapped Reynolds Company Building in Southfield Michigan' Lambert Saint Louis Airport; The Dhahran International Airport in Saudi Arabia. Campus buildings for University of Regina, Saskatchawan; Carleton College In Northfield, Minnesota; Wayne State University. His reputation suffered late in his life with backlash against his style of Modernism, but recent critics have restored his eminence.