A visual library of the world's most beautiful facades, this original work offers architects, planners, preservationists, architectural historians, and restorers the first complete and practical guide to the identification and restoration of the "face" of any building. All of the facades and buildings featured are fully described in terms of their materials, construction, and architectural style.
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A visual library of the world's most beautiful facades, this original work offers architects, planners, preservationists, architectural historians, and restorers the first complete and practical guide to the identification and restoration of the "face" of any building. All of the facades and buildings featured are fully described in terms of their materials, construction, and architectural style.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x1x11; A very good hardback copy in a very good dustjacket: firm, clean, square and tight with no underlining or splits.
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Fine. The dust jacket is clean and undamaged. The dust jacket is in mylar. The pages are clean and unmarked. Excellent condition inside and out. No damage to the book. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
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Used-Very Good. Unique in the literature and sure to become a standard reference, here is the first guide to the identification and restoration of building facades. Featuring 2, 000 b/w halftones illustrations, it chronicles in photo-essay style the diversity of facades from around the world. Images are shown within their historical and social context, and are easily accessed through cross-references to chronology, geography, location, building type, type of detail, and materials used. Select case studies (Ellis Island Museum and others) emphasize the practical aspects of preservation. A visual library of the world's most beautiful facades, this original work offers architects, planners, preservationists, architectural historians, and restorers the first complete and practical guide to the identification and restoration of the 'face' of any building. All of the facades and buildings featured are fully described in terms of their materials, construction, and architectural style. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. Previous owner put his initials on bottom text edge.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. 1st Printing. Near fine has a few stamps from an architectural firm inside. Light wear to jacket. Very informative reference well-illustrated.
