Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace, the Palais des Machines by Ferdinand Dutert and Pennsylvania Station by McKim, Mead and White are three of the grandest and most innovative buildings of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These structures -- with their innovative approaches to design and the use of new technology -- paved the way for the modern architectural movement, but sadly no longer survive. Their destruction was irreparable and in stark contrast to the self-confidence of the original climate in which they ...
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Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace, the Palais des Machines by Ferdinand Dutert and Pennsylvania Station by McKim, Mead and White are three of the grandest and most innovative buildings of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These structures -- with their innovative approaches to design and the use of new technology -- paved the way for the modern architectural movement, but sadly no longer survive. Their destruction was irreparable and in stark contrast to the self-confidence of the original climate in which they were designed.
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Seller's Description:
Book. Small Square Quarto; unpaginated; Good; light gray spine with white and black text; no jacket; this volume only; cloth has sunned spine; some rubbing wear to corners; light rubbing wear to panels; strong boards; text block has mild wear to exterior edges; frontispiece; interior clean; profusely illustrated; . 1325286. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Very Good. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial boards. Quarto. 180 pp. Profusely illustrated. Mild shelf wear and scuffing to boards. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Architecture & Urban Design).
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Fine. No Jacket, As Issued. Folio. First edition. Hard cover, no dust jacket as issued. Published London: Phaidon Press, 1999, first printing. Folio, 12" x 12", unpaginated, approximately 180pp. with numerous plates and illustrations. Fine.
