Aladdin Homes
Bay City: The Aladdin Company, 1919. Hardcover. Green boards. 116 pp. Numerous bw ills. Includes price list. Provides descriptions, floorplans and images of all their homes. More
Bay City: The Aladdin Company, 1919. Hardcover. Green boards. 116 pp. Numerous bw ills. Includes price list. Provides descriptions, floorplans and images of all their homes. More
Baltimore: The Livelier Baltimore Committee of the Citizens Planning and Housing Association, 1979. Softcover. Bw pictorial wraps. 103 pp. Profuse bw plates. Surveys the unique elements and characteristics of southeast, northeaste, north, central, south, southwest, west and northwest Baltimore neighborhoods. More
New York: Duffield & Company, 1906. Hardcover. Beige cloth with red and green titling and decoration; 403 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw. A collection of a hundred homes with plans and suggestions of how to make a home, both inside and out; Includes examples of a wide variety of styles..... More
Boston: Bates & Guild Company, 1899. Hardcover. Brown ill. cloth. 200 pp. 100 bw ills. Articles addressing furniture, architecture, details of Venetian ornaments, brick architecture of Holland, Aya Sofia Mosque, Greek ruins, wraught-iron balcony grilles, among several other topics. More
New York: The Reinhold Publishing Company, 1937. Softcover. Brown binder. 92 pp. Profuse bw ills. Inlcudes entrance details, screen droos, shutters, stairways, trusses, overmantels, garage doors, lighting garden shelters, garden pools, motor entrances, and glass blocks. More
New York: The Reinhold Publishing Company, 1939. Softcover. Brown stapled wraps. 71 pp. Profuse bw ills. Includes corner windows, open porches, interior railings, pergolas, apartment entrances, trellised entrances, museum lighting, modern fireplaces, and lighting fixtures. More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1964. Hardbound. Gree cloth folio covers. 56 pp., numerous bw plates one fold-out map. A really insightful and interesting look at the history of this vcenterpiece of Washington DC planning. More
Pittsburgh, Penna. The Pittsburgh Architectural Club, 1911. Hardcover. Mulberry cloth, 165 pp., many BW illus. Includes 12-page Index of Exhibits. Lists members and showcases many architectural plans and finished structures. Uncommon. More
Putnam: Aspinock Historical Society, 1976. Softcover. Pale blue stapled wraps. Unpaginated. Profuse bw ills. Photographic history of the town, tracing the past, scenery, and the town's changes and developments. More
Washington, DC: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1972. Hardcover. Navy cloth, red ill. DJ. xviii, 355 pp. Approx. 50 bw ills. In-depth examination of the history of early America's custom houses, based on local records and anecdotal stories. Provides valuable information on ports, tax collecting, and the..... More
Bethany, Connecticut: LATICRETE Inernational, Inc., 2009. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; 216 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color figures. An extensive look at the use of tile in swimming pools, fountains, and spas, including sections on design, installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and more. More
Baltimore, MD: American Institute of Architects-Baltimore Chapter, 1957. Hardcover. Aqua cloth. 111 pp. Numerous bw plates. This is a pictorial review of the work of the members of the Baltimore chapter of the American Institute of Architects for the year 1957. More
New York: The Architectural League of New York, 1930. Hardcover. Grey/brown boards, 320 pp. Profuse bw plates. Full of organizational information and illustrations of structures and such. More
Marfa, TX: Chinati Foundation, 2000. Softcover. White wraps with black lettering; 190 pp; illustrations throughout. A symposium hosted by the Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas, on April 25 and 26, 1998. Contents include: On sculpture in the context of architecture / James Ackerman -- Collaborations with artists, museum projects and our..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1996. Softcover. Red & illus. wraps, 320 pp., 90+ BW illus. "Brings together twenty-four provocative texts that collectively express the power and diversity of women's views on architecture today. ... This volume presents a dialogue among women historians, practitioners, theorists, and educators concerned with..... More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1968. Softcover. Pictorial wraps. Pp. 123 to 167 pp. Numerous bw plates. More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. Softcover. Blue ill. wraps. xii, 250 pp. Numerous bw plates. Extensive survey of cultural lanscape preservation with both practical and theoretical considerations. More
Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1980. Hardcover. Light grey cloth/black DJ. 247 pp. Several bw plates. This is the behind-the-scenes story of the rebirth of a great city, centering on the design and construction of its showpiece, the thirty-six-acre park at the historic Point, where two mighty rivers meet..... More
Venice, Italy: Fantoni Artegrafica, 1967. Hardcover. White paper boards, white & illus. dust jacket, 278 pp., some color illus., hundreds of BW illus. Text is in English and Italian. The 1967-1968 issue of a hardbound periodical that explores examples of architecture. Features an article by Alberto Rosselli, "The role of..... More
Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2008. Hardcover. Bw-illustrated boards with maroon lettering. xiv, 265 pp. with 53 bw figures. By 1920, there were over two hundred women practicing architecture in the United States, actively working on major design and building projects before they were even given the right to..... More
New York, New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1993. Hardcover. Color illus. paper over boards; 281 pp.; Profuse bw illustrations. Includes information on detailing for controlling air leakage, water leakage, heat flow, sound; accomodating movement; providing structural support; and more. More
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1999. Softcover. Gray & illus. wraps, 153 pp., BW illus. "Proposes a series of new architectural strategies for the contemporary city. Organized in the form of a user's manual, it juxtaposes texts outlining Allen's theoretical principles with his projects, in which those principles are demonstrated..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. Hardbound. Brown cloth with goldish illustrated dustjacket. (viii), 159, (7) pp., profusely illustrated in bw. Includes a list of addresses at rear, as well as an Index of Names. More
New York, NY: Rizzoli, 1980. Softcover. Color illus. wraps; 115 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw and color drawings and photos, many full-page. Original designs for family dwellings by Emilio Ambasz, Peter Eisenman, Vittorio Gregotti, Arata Isozaki, Charles Moore, Cesar Pelli, Cedric Price, and Oswald Mathias Ungers. More
Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 2005. Softcover. Blue & color pictorial wraps; 470 pp.; Numerous bw figures and photos. Examines all aspects of American suburbia--from the architecture, to the furniture, to the associated social attitudes and behaviors; Traces modern American suburbia back to eighteenth-century England and the earliest London..... More