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256 pp.; 30.7 x 23 cm.; sewn bound; black-and-white & color; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Monograph on the selected works of architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, from 1984 - 1994. Edited by Stephen Dobney. Introduction by Joan Ockman. Includes bibliography, list of worldwide awards, and an index.Monograph on the selected works of architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, from 1984 - 1994. Edited by Stephen Dobney. Introduction by Joan Ockman. Includes bibliography, list of worldwide awards, and an index. "As one of the largest and most prestigious architectural firms in the world, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has for half a century set the standard of American corporate design practice. In the decades after World War II, SOM's name was synonymous with some of the most illustrious examples of International Style architecture. In more recent years, as modernist orthodoxy has been revised, the firm has continued to occupy the forefront of a field that has become both more aesthetically diverse and more geographically fluid, presiding over a transition from International Style to global practice. SOM's projects today range the globe from Manhattan to Moscow, Chicago to Shanghai, London, and Berlin to Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, and Ho Chi Minh City. From high-tech structures to finely detailed interiors, from superscale office towers to urban place-making, SOM's work traverses an extremely wide range of architectural practices, demonstrating the firm's commitment to the broadest possible provision of design services. While those aspects of its work that most reflect the new impact of globalization and post-industrialism have been emphasized here, the second section of this catalogue illustrates SOM's distinguished handling of museums, religious edifices, courthouses, transitional housing, and other institutional building types. These further reveal its success in providing exceptional levels of public amenities. A building by SOM today is above all a product of a precise "fit" between client, architect, and context. The decision as to whether it is made of granite and marble or glass and steel is an outcome of this relationship, not a matter of ideology. Diversity derives from conscious empiricism rather than willful eclecticism. In this sense, while SOM's variegated recent work departs from post-World War II orthodoxy, it redefines modern architecture's tradition of 'problem-solving.' What continues to distinguish a SOM building is its masterly ability to translate contemporary conditions of practice into an exacting and sophisticated art of building." ? from book?s introduction Very Good / Fine. Light rubbing of dust-jacket edges. Contents clean and unmarked. Due to large size and weight additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Illustrated. Minor shelf wear; light rubbing and scuffing to edges of jacket. Else a bright, clean copy. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, founded in 1936, is one of the largest and most influential architecture firms in the world. SOM has long been known for innovation, experimentation, design excellence, and technical mastery, for an abiding interest in the contributions that buildings can make to the life of cities, and for a collaborative approach that extends to all aspects of the design and construction processes. This volume presents work from the late 1990s and 2000s. In an era of true globalization in design and commerce, SOM has come to occupy a unique place in American and international architecture. Recognized for the exceptional quality of its architectural design and urban planning, the firm is also renowned for its clients, an eminent group of businesses and institutions. In the years 1997-2008, the period represented in this monograph, SOM's steadfast dedication to a modern expression has produced an important series of works at all scales, in a variety of typologies, in countries around the world. From the diminutive Skyscraper Museum in New York City to the radiant Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, California, to the master plan and two buildings for the University of California Merced, the newest U.C. campus, the works shown here illustrate the remarkable range of SOM's current practice. Perhaps no work exemplifies the firm's creative, multifaceted approach as much as 7 World Trade Center, the first structure built at the World Trade Center after September 11, 2001. On a site claimed by commerce but also subject to the demands of memory, SOM created an elegant stainless-steel and glass tower that restores the New York City street grid and begins the process of remaking this part of the city. A suggestive combination of artistic and structural expertise, dedication to finding sustainable design solutions, collaborations with preeminent artists and designers, and commitment to urbanism characterize not only 7 World Trade Center but SOM's recent body of work. Among the projects shown is the massive U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters in Suitland, Maryland, the first federal office building to receive a LEED rating. The U.S. Embassy in Beijing elegantly responds to the local culture and site. An abundance of airport projects-in New York, San Francisco, Boston, Israel, and Singapore-shows SOM's mastery of this complex project type. The firm's commitment to urbanism and its ability to work at a large scale on sites of great visibility are evident in the designs for the Time Warner Center in New York and Tokyo Midtown, as well as in a series of grand master plans: Chongming Island in Shanghai, the redevelopment of the waterfront in Alexandria, Egypt, and Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay. At the same time, the firm often works at a fine scale, as in the Burr Street School in Connecticut, the retail prototype for Charles Schwab, and the Condé Nast Cafeteria in New York. Kenneth Frampton brings a historian's perspective to SOM's recent work, tracing its evolution back to the Miesian modernism dominant at the time of the firm's founding and forward to the cutting-edge technical advances to which the firm has devoted itself. Large-span structures, high-rise towers, low-rise topographic forms, compositions that incorporate media, and constructivist essays: all contribute to the development of contemporary architecture and contemporary urbanism alike. Well into its eighth decade of practice, SOM continues on a course of twenty-first century modernism, a modernism that is diverse and inclusive, contextual, urbane, and populist.…

Zustand: Good. Shelf wear and lots of marking on jacket. Reading content in very good condition.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. New York: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1980. Oblong 4to, 27 p., original wraps. First edition of this monograph on the use of computers in architectural drawings and plans. Wraps scuffed and edgeworn else VG or better.

Hard. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Mulgrave, Australia: Images Publishing Group, 2000, first printing. Folio, 10" x 13 3/4", 263pp., illustrated throughout with full color reproductions. Black cloth with embossed black spine titles. Minor bump impressions on top edge of boards, else fine in near fine dust jacket with some sun darkening along the upper portion.…

Zustand: Good. fo. [30 pp.] Soft cover. Very Good; copy showing some signs of aging, discoloration on front cover. B/W plates. Features works by Joan Brown, Susie Coliver, Jeremy Kotas, et al.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Thick quarto, 393 pages, illustrated throughout in black and white and in color. Black printed cloth. Printed silver colored wrappers. Very fine - First edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Ochre cloth, spine and upper board gilt. Pictorial dust-jacket just slightly soiled. A very good copy indeed. llustrations originally published with a Japanese text, Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, 1968.

Zustand: New. Mark Sarkisian is a Partner of Structural and Seismic Engineering at Skidmore, Owings &amp Merrill (SOM) in the United States. His research and practice focus on high-performance seismic systems, environmentally responsible structural design, ada.

4°, 191 S., zahlr. teilw. farb. ganzs. Abb., Broschur mit OU., An Kapitale min. bestossen, sonst tadell. Text engl. 1600 gr. Schlagworte: Architektur - Allgemein.

Zustand: New. Mark Sarkisian, PE, SE, NAE, LEED, is a structural engineering Partner, and leads the Firm-Wide structures practice of SOM. He has developed innovative structural engineering solutions for more than 100 international building projects, i.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This third edition of Designing Tall Buildings is an enhanced and accessible reference that guides the reader through the fundamental principles of designing high-rise buildings.

Soft cover. Zustand: Collectible. Limited. nFINE. UNQUE SURVIVING ARCHITECTURE PROPOSAL - CHICAGO - 1983. .Very Large folio sized comb-bound set of graphic schematic plans to improve the building's dramatic visual presentation. This is an unusual and scarce surviving document from that process. An official registration date stamping of Jan 6, 1984 is on the front translucent frontis page. Architect company was Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Oblong 14" x 11". USA MEDIA MAIL ORDER ONLY, please. Over sized for international mailing. VERY SCARCE ARCHITECTURE MEMENTO, Elaborate decorated cover. [T008].…

Thames and Hudson, London 1970. Large 8vo. 136 pages. Illustrated in b/w and colour. Orig. cloth NO dustwrapper. Cover showing light signs of usage and uneven fading, else in very good condition. * Introduction and notes by Christopher Woodward, and with photographs by Yukio Futagawa.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. New York: Skidmore, Owings and & Merrill, 1976. Oblong 4to, unpaginated, bound in publisher's wraps stamped in relief. First edition of this scarce work, likely intended for private distribution only, featuring over 90 photographs of SOM staff over the years, issued on occasion of the firm's 40th anniversary. There is no text to accompany the photos, though there is an Index. Upper rear corner creased, minor curling to corners, else a VG or better copy in lightly rubbed and soiled wraps.…

393 S. Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. 4°. Sauberes Exemplar ohne Stempel und Anstreichungen. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen und Tafeln. Originaleingeschweißt. Neuwertig. Sprache: deu.

393 Seiten. Das Buch präsentiert Bauten und Objekte in Amerika und schildert die Entwicklung von Skidmore,Owings & Merrill.Texte deutsch und englisch.Gutes und sauberes Exemplar. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 2100 4° schwarzes OLn mit silberfarbenden Titeln und OUmschlag. Over 400 Color & B/w Illus (illustrator).…

Zustand: Good. Tabloid. 11 x 17 inches. Original wraps and 38pp. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:228675839.California Tomorrow had influence from its initial meeting in 1961 through its dissolution in the spring of 1983. Linking the objectives of conservationists, planners, regulators and California residents, California Tomorrow called for comprehensive state planning to address challenges faced by the state such as sustainable land use, both for agriculture and housing; conservation of water and energy resources; preservation of California's coastline, deserts, lakes and forests; transportation planning; and regional government.California Tomorrow, a nonprofit educational organization, was founded by Alfred E. Heller and Samuel E. Wood. The first meeting was held on June 24, 1961, with Alfred E. Heller named president, William M. Roth, vice-president, and Harold Berliner secretary; Samuel E. Wood became executive director. The founding members' intent was to link the objectives of conservationists, planners, and regulators and to urge the adoption of a widely integrated planning process to meet the needs of both conservation and growth.…

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Uncommon 1951 report issued by the renowned firm Skidmore Owings and Merrill on behalf of the government of Turkey. SOM had been commissioned by the Turkish government after the war "to investigate problems in the fields of housing, public building construction and town planning" but, as the published cover letter from Gordon Bunshaft at SOM makes clear, "general building construction conditions were at the root of much of the difficulty encountered in those fields, and any effective attack on those problems must include improvement in building techniques and a reduction in construction costs". A solid copy: tight and Near Fine in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with light offsetting and light soiling to the panels. Quarto, 112 pgs. Sub-chapter headings include: "Importance to the Turkish Economy"; "Basic Building Materials"; "Principal Methods of Construction"; "Maintenance"; "Procedures and Personnel"; "Building Laws and Regulations"; and "A Program for the Improvement of Building Construction".…

Zustand: Good. 18 gelatin silver photographic prints.10 black and white photographs of building models (4 duplicates), 8 black and white photographs of drawings (1 duplicate). 4 backed with linen. All approximately 30x23 cm (11¾x9"). A few are mounted on clinen with 3 holes for binders. 8 renderings and 10 of the actual buildings.The 18 photographs of different aspects of the prospective Frankfurt, Germany, Amerika Haus, designed by the American architectural firm, Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, in cooperation with German architect Otto Appel. Amerika Haus was an institution developed after World War II with locations across Germany and Austria, serving as an information and cultural center of the United States. Until its dissolution in 2006, its locations reflected the transatlantic relationship between the countries, consistently found in the middle of cultural and political discussions and discourse.The Amerika Haus moved twice (to Taunusanlage 12 in 1948, and then to the former U.S. consulate building at Bockenheimer Anlage 11 in 1954) before moving into its last location in May 1957. The building in the Staufenstraße was designed by the well-known American architectural firm, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, in cooperation with German architect Otto Appel.…