ISBN: 9781580930178 - robert a. m. stern: 1993-1998 (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Plates bright and vivid. Softcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Contemporary practice and theory remind me of the pop song "Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover": they do anything but confront a situation head-on. When architects meet to discuss their art they pose issue after issue in a restless search to avoid addressing the simple but profound cir- cumstances of architecture. These "issues" include literary theory and social science, cyberspace and many more. But what of architecture itself? For me, architecture is enough-difficult but full of possibilities. For me, archi- tecture is an expression of the real world-the built world in the service of individuals and institutions. It is the art of construction, not deconstruction; of representation, not communication. It is the solidity of the here-and-now. Put another way, architecture is the stage on which humanity plays out its ever-changing drama. It is the stage, not the drama; the setting, not the performer. It is not inhabited sculpture, or drawings, or performance, to name but a few of the things it is.…

hardcover. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. First. Edited by Peter Morris Dixon. Profusely illustrated in color. Thick square 4to, brown cloth, d.w. (New York): Monacelli Press, (1998). First Edition. Binding cocked and wrapper spine faded, still near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Inscribed by the architect on the half title. …

hardcover. Zustand: fine. near fine. First. Edited by Peter Morris Dixon. Profusely illustrated in color. Thick square 4to, brown cloth, d.w. (small tear at head). New York: Monacelli Press, (1998). First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Inscribed by the architect on the half title.