Architecture

Dupre, Judith, Skyscrapers (Black Dog & Leventhal, 1st ed., 1st printing, 1996). ISBN 1-884822-45-2. A strikingly designed tour of fifty of the then-tallest buildings in the world, with a listing of the 100 tallest buildings of the world. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, very good condition; 8” x 18” tall. 127 pp. Very good condition, HBB price: $20.

Hood, Davyd Foard, The Architecture of Rowan County: A Catalogue And History of the Surviving 18th, 19th and Early 20th Century Structures (Historic Salisbury Foundation, 1983; updated and reprinted 2000). An encyclopedic survey of the structures of this western North Carolina County. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket,

 very good condition. Folio size, 434 pp. HBB price: $75.

Ivy, Jr., Robert Adams, Fay Jones: The Architecture of E. Fay Jones, FAIA (McGraw Hill, 1st ed., 1st printing, 2001). ISBN 0-07-135831-5. Stunning collection of the work of Arkansas architect (1921-2004), a student of Frank Lloyd Wright and designer of some of the most inspired places of worship of the 20th century. Softcover, quarto, 224, near-fine condition. HBB price: $85.

Pericoli, Matteo, Manhattan Unfurled (Random House, 1st ed., 3rd printing 2001). ISBN 0-375-50491-5. An Italian architect and illustrator who lives in New York, Pericoli took a Circle Line boat tour around Manhattan in 1998 and was seized of the idea to 

draw what he had seen. Three years later, this book was the result: two, accordionized, 22-foot panels showing everything there was to be seen at the time on the East and West Sides.  In an accompanying essay, architecture critic Paul Goldberger echoes E.B. White’s concern over bomb-laden aircraft in “This Is New York,” writing, “This drawing was completed before the horrific events of September, 11, 2001, which changed everything as far as the Manhattan skyline is concerned. Chaos is no longer an aesthetic concept but a catastrophic fact of life. The skyline, which we have always thought of as changing slowly, organically, suddenly becomes capable of wrenching, instantaneous, cataclysmic change. In the Darwinian world of the Manhattan skyline the largest buildings were always the most powerful, but on September 11 the World Trade Center did not drive smaller, weaker buildings away but were taken away themselves.” A brilliant artistic achievement, and evocation of a time about to be swept away. Very good condition, in a very good slipcase. HBB price: $35.

Storrer, William Allin, The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalogue (University of Chicago Press, 3rd ed., 2002). ISBN 0-226-77622-0. A chronological record of Wright’s evolution whose first edition came out in 1974. Now updated with newly-discovered structures, street addresses, GPS coordinates and maps for every location. Sumptuously illustrated. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, very good condition with some slight wear and a little dust jacket fading and wear. 512 pp. HBB price: $150.

Wiseman, Carter, I.M. Pei, A Profile in American Architecture (Abrams, 1st ed., 1990). ISBN 0-8109-3709-3. A survey of the career of the Chinese-American architect, now 98 years old, at the peak of his powers. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. 320 pp; 10 color portfolios containing sixty pictures; 335 illustrations in all.  Very good condition. HBB price $25.