Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 1979. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; bw illustrated dust jacket; xv, 146 pp; bw illustrations throughout. Contents Family and school (1872-1894)-- Reinforced concrete in the 1890's -- The turn from masonry (1894-1901) -- The new bridge form (1901-1904) -- From bridges to..... More
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1979. Softcover. Crimson pictorial wraps with black lettering; 385 pp. with 243 bw illustrations;. A study of the villas outside Rome, where the wealthy city residents retreated from the harsh city life. More
Santa Monica: The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, 1994. Paperback. Olive wraps with BW-illustration and white lettering. 228 pp. Illustrations. Includes bibliographical references and index. More
Paris: Les Editions du Palais, 2012. Hardcover. Gold paper boards, gold & white & illus. dust jacket, 184 pp., many color illus. Text is in French. Visits three French cathedrals -- Saint-Denis, Chartres, and Notre-Dame -- and considers them in terms of symbolism, sacred architecture, and geometry; as well as..... More
New Haven, Conn. Yale University Press, 2003. Hardbound. Grey cloth with color illustrated dustjacket. This handsome book brings together for the first time the outstanding work of four Swiss engineers and their teachers, who form the most impressive group of structural artists in the twentieth century: Wilhelm Ritter, Robert Maillart..... More
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892. Original. Hardcover. Brown buckram boards, [xiv] 520 pp., [23] pp of publisher's advertising, frontispice and bw illustrations throughout. From the preface: "The fourth volume continues the account of Scottish buildings begun in Volume III., comprising the remaining structures of the Fourth Period, including those of the..... More
Basel, Switzerland: Birkhäuser / IN-EX Projects, 1999. Softcover. Electric blue & color illus. wraps, 446 pp., profusely illus. in color & BW. Text is in English and French. An architectural periodical of sorts, crammed full of illustrations. Includes interviews with Francis Soler, Jacques Ferrier, Willem Jan Neutelings & Michiel Riedijk..... More
London: Aurum Press, 2010. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, color illustrated dust jacket, bw illustrated end pages, bw frontispiece, 192 pp, profusely illustrated in bw and color. "Architectural historian David Watkin takes a fresh look at the traditional British country house and shows how Classicism has been..... More
