Isbn: 9781901092059 - architecture and rhetoric: text and design in architectural competitions, oslo 1939-1996 (6 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 208 pages; Physical desc. : 208 p. : ill., plans ; 31 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-204) and index. Subject: Architecture --Competitions --Norway --Oslo. Summary: An examination of the forces that persuade investors into the construction of a buidling. 1 Kg.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Dark navy hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear. 208pp. Many b/w illustrations. In this book, the author discusses architectural competitions, perhaps the most prominent and symbolic way in which society chooses the built form of the future. Architectural competitions are fundamentally a debate and in this debate the architect must sell a particular way of seeing. She focuses on competitions in the Norwegian capital, Oslo from 1939 to 1997 to illustrate her analysis.…

Zustand: Used. pp. 106.

Zustand: Used. pp. 106.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 216 pages. 11.75x9.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.