Size: 9x1x12; Softcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Some foxing to end page. Louis I. Kahn was an American architect whose buildings, characterized by powerful, massive forms, made him one of the most discussed architects to emerge after World War II. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
Size: 9x1x12; A used book with minimal flaws or imperfections. Book is oversized and/or heavy. Additional postage may be required for shipping. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.
Size: 9x1x12; Softcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light edge wear. Clean, unmarked pages. Louis I. Kahn was an American architect whose buildings, characterized by powerful, massive forms, made him one of the most discussed architects to emerge after World War II. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
New York: Rizzoli, 2005. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/Fine. A crisp, clean Near Fine trade paperback copy with foxing to top edges, crease on fore edge of spine. In a Fine mylar-protected dust jacket. Book designed by Massimo Vignelli. 448 pp., profusely illustrated, chronology, selected bibliography and index. This remains one of the most important scholarly and illustrative examinations of Kahn's life work and his philosophy of architecture. Photographs and descriptive analysis are followed by a biographical chronology of the architect's life and a complete list of his buildings and projects from 1925 to 1974. The primary texts critically address different dimensions and periods of Kahn's production.
A comprehensive documentation and analysis of the complete architectural work of Louis I. Kahn published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and other institutions, Oct. 20, 1991-Feb. 1, 1994. 448 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm. White card covers, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
Exhibition catalog. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. First paperback printing. Short closed tear to fore edge of title page, else near fine in oversize printed wraps.
Size: 9x1x12; Softcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Some foxing to end page. Louis I. Kahn was an American architect whose buildings, characterized by powerful, massive forms, made him one of the most discussed architects to emerge after World War II. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
Size: 9x1x12; A used book with minimal flaws or imperfections. Book is oversized and/or heavy. Additional postage may be required for shipping. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.
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fine binding: An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs, or even a cover that is embedded with jewels or embroidered.