Hardcover. NY, Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly soiled, edgeworn dust jacket with $4.95 on flap, 135 pages. Translated into 16 languages, this remarkable book has become an essential document of architectural literature. A "gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward architecture," Venturi's Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture expresses in the most compelling and original terms the postmodern rebellion against the purism of modernism. Three hundred and fifty architectural illustrations serve as historical comparisons and illuminate the author's ideas on creating and experiencing architecture. Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture was the winner of the Classic Book Award at the AIA's Seventh Annual International Architecture Book Awards. Robert Charles Venturi Jr. (June 25, 1925-September 18, 2018) was an American architect, founding principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates. Together with his wife and partner, Denise Scott Brown, he helped shape the way that architects, planners and students experience and think about architecture and the built environment. Foreword by Arthur Drexler. Introduction by Vincent Scully. No markings.

Softcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Still wrapped in plastic. Accompanied the exhibition "Expressionist Utopias" at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1993. In great condition. Color illustrations throughout. A nice, tight copy.The notion of utopia exists in every culture, capturing shared dreams and common goals. This book--prepared to accompany the exhibition Expressionist Utopias mounted at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1993--explores how the optimistic themes of utopia and fantasy sustained faith among artists and architects in the power of art to shape a better world during the tumultuous World War I era in Germany. The exhibition's curator, Timothy O. Benson along with David Frisby, Reinhold Heller, Anton Kaes, Wolf Prix, and Iain Boyd White present the diverse manifestations of the utopia metaphor in its progression throughout Expressionism from Arcadian to manmade utopias.

Softcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Still wrapped in plastic. Accompanied the exhibition "Expressionist Utopias" at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1993. In great condition. Color illustrations throughout. A nice, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Duell, Sloan And Pearce, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 8.5 inch square hardback in brick red cloth, 275 pages including bibliography and index. Contains speeches and lectures as well as articles from the Architectural Record, Architectural Forum, and Architect's Journal. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, George Braziller, 1st US, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 288 pages. Chapters include Semiology and Architecture by Charles Jencks, Meaning into Architecture by Geoffrey Broadbent and 'La Dimension Amoureuse' in Architecture by George Baird, The Time House or Argument for an Existential Dwelling by Martin Pawley. Packed with black and white reproductions of unusual buildings. Mild edgewear to dust jacket, clean copy.

Softcover. Cambridge MA, MIT Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 144 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. This periodical issue contains an article by Vincent Scully about Frank Lloyd Wright; Recycling New York; interview with Cesar Pelli; Thirty museum plans, etc. Includes a fold-out sheet of various plans, 24x36 inches. Beige card covers with French flaps. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Cambridge, The MIT Press, 1st Edition, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 220 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations throughout.Light foxing to edges, pen markings on a couple pages. Dust jacket with shelf wear, small tears to edges. Previous owner's signature to front flyleaf. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Dodd, Mead & Co., reprint, 1902, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers with elaborate gilt decoration to front cover and spine, top edge gilt. Design by Alice Cordelia Morse. 317 pages with 48 b&w plates. Selections from Dickens, Hugo, Ruskin, and many others. Originally published in 1898. Hinges cracked, Small ownership sticker to front fly leaf, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Reynal and Hitchcock, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover in a tattered and chipped dust jacket. Off-white cloth with black spine title. 217 pages, b&w drawings by the author. Translated from the French, Quand les Cathedrales Etaient Blanches, by Francis E. Hyslop, Jr. Dj is poor with tape repair to the reverse side. Book has a small stamp to the front fly leaf, otherwise clean.