Contemporary design used to be an elitist subject. Despite the crusading populist idealism of the early Modernists, it never catapulted to the masses. Until now. Each book in the Design Briefs series contains short essays, penned by stylish writers with real knowledge and fresh enthusiasm on the subject. The essays address the designer's life, ...
Paul Goldberger Calls Michael Graves 'the most truly original voice that American architecture has produced in some time.' Graves's monograph, "Buildings and Projects, " documents more than 100 works, including the Clos Pegase Winery, Whitney Museum, Newark Museum, Humana Building, Dolphin and Swan Hotels, and Hotel New York, Euro Disney, as well ...
In 1960, before his skyscrapers and teapots made him a household name, Michael Graves set out on a journey once considered obligatory for a young architect: a grand tour of the great monuments of Europe. As a recipient of the prestigious Prix de Rome, Graves traveled through Italy, Greece, Turkey, Spain, England, Germany, and France, studying and ...
Michael Graves is one of the best-known contemporary architects the world over. His buildings have already become part of architectural history and frequently his work and the word Post-Modernism are mentioned in one and the same breath. Michael Graves is not just an architect, but also a designer. Indeed, many people are simply not aware of the ...
"Michael Graves Designs: The Art of the Everyday Object is the inside account of Michael Graves' one-man design revolution. In creating more than one thousand objects for the home over the last three decades, the acclaimed architect has elevated everyday objects-from toasters to toilet brushes-into enduring icons that have redefined the American ...
Profiles the career of the modernist-trained architect whose major commissions include the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin hotels in Orlando, Florida.
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Rizzoli, NY
Date Published: 1984
Description: VG+ in G++ jacket. Trade paperback in dust jacket. 148 pages, with many illustrations in color and black & white. This book chronicles the competition entries for the building that became the Wexner Center for the Arts on the Ohio State University, which remains one of the major achievements of Eisenman and his Columbus collaborator, Richard Trott, and was featured in the New York Times Sunday Arts & Leisure section on March 11 and March 18, 2001. The architects' entries are in color, ... read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Paper wrappers (paperback).
Publisher: Whitney Library of Design, New York
Date Published: 1981
Description: A very good+ copy. 176 pp. Large trade format. Illus. with color & b/w photos. Part 1 is an essay by Vincent Scully; Part 2 contains essays by Paul Goldberger and Stephen Prokopoff, and Part 3 is a series of original works by artist-architect teams commissioned for this volume. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Alessi, Italy
Date Published: 1999
Description: This is a very good softcover copy with only light wear. Spine not creased, binding firm. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English and Italian. Catalog captions in Italian, French, German, Spanish and English. This is a history of the Alessi Company's distinguished list of designers. They have included Ettore Sottsass, Enzo Mari, Alessandro Mendini, Philippe Starck among many others. There is a section on 1950's and 60's design. Also sections on the principal Alessi designers. ... read more
Edition: Various Printings
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Rizzoli/Princeton Architectural Press, NY
Description: Near Fine. No Jacket, as Issued. Multi-Volume Set. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Four volumes, softcovers., all are free of any serious flaws and show only the slightest signs of handling. the final vol. has a couple of fine lines to back cover resulting from printing defect and in no way impedes use or structure. no writing or markings, all well bound copies. together they make a heavy stack.; all are softcover first editions except vol. 3, which is a later printing.; the paginations are-vol. 1, ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publications, New York, N..Y.
Date Published: 1987
Description: Fine. Architectural Record 3/87. The magazine is in FINE condition. Jmvintage specializes in Books, Magazines and Treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and other curious subjects. COVER: Musee d'Orsay, Paris France-Gae Aulenti Architect Photographer Serge Hambourg. CONTENT: Design Award Competitions/Building Types: College buildings/Erickson Alumni Center West Virginia Univ, Morgantown, WV/Feinberg Hall (Woodrow Wilson College) Princeton Univ, Princeton, NJ, Tod Williams & Assoc ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Knapp Comm Corp, New York
Date Published: 1983
Description: Near Fine. Architural Digest 4/83. The magagzine is in NEAR FINE condition with small crease two bottom front edge and minor shelf wear on wrapper. JMVINTAGE specializes in Books, Magazines and Treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and. other curious subjects. COVER: The entryway staircase of a 1920s duplex in Manhattan Interior Architecture by Robert A.M. Dyrtn/TABLE OF CONTENTS: Guest Speaker-Michael Graves on The Language of Architecture/Russell Lynes Observes-Edith Wharton's ... read more
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Michael Graves: Buildings and Projects 1990-1994
by
Janet Abrams, Karen Nichols (Editor), Lisa Burke, MEd (Editor)
