About this title: Five Architects, originally published in 1975, grew out of a meeting of the CASE group (Conference of Architects for the Study of the Environment) held at the Museum of Modern Art in 1969. The purpose of this gathering was to exhibit and criticize the work of five architects--Eisenman, Graves, Gwathmey, Hejduk, and Meier--who constituted a New York school, and who are now among the most influential architects working today. The buildings shown here have more diversity than one might expect from a school, but share certain properties of form, scale, and treatment of material. Collectively, ...
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Edition: 5th Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780195197952ISBN:019519795X
Description: Very Good. Paperback copy. 137 pages. Postscript by Philip Johnson. Some wear to wrappers. Front free end page clipped, otherwise very good. SCARCE! read more
Description: Very good. Originally published in 1975, the book's genesis was a meeting of the Conference of Architects for the Study of the Environment held at MOMA in 1969. The purpose was to exhibit and criticize the work of Peter Eisenman, MichaelGraves, Charles Gwathm. read more
Edition: Later Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780195197952ISBN:019519795X
Description: Very Good. Architecture. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Owner's Name Second printing. covers slight soiled.135 pgs. Preface by Arthur Drexler. b/w plates, designs, Biographies. Postscript by Philip Johnson. read more
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