The Pritzker Architecture Prize: The First Twenty Years
by Martha Thorne
Abrams/hardcover

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Architecture's premier prize, often called "the Nobel of architecture," is given annually to a living architect for consistent and significant contributions to the field. The winners, including Philip Johnson, I. M. Pei, Frank Gehry, Aldo Rossi and Tadao Ando, are documented from 1979 to 1994 in a stunning book published in conjunction with The Art Institute of Chicago.

Eileen Gray: Architect/Designer
by Peter Adam
Abrams/hardcover

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A lavishly illustrated documentation of the career of the revered designer and architect, this catalogue raisonne covers her classic furniture designs - the Transat and Bibendum chairs, the E. 1027 chrome table among them - and her architectural projects. It delves, as well, into her life as an expatriate in Paris with famous and eccentric friends, holding her own in a field dominated by men. Drawing on previously unpublished material, Adam has given us an invaluable work, and an essential one for architects and designers.

Buildings and Projects
by Gustav Peichl
Hatje/hardcover

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The complex buildings for the Kunst und Ausstellungshalle in Bonn, designed by architect Gustav Peichl, is introduced in detail in the present volume. Born in Vienna in 1928, Gustav Peichl, architect, teacher and cartoonist; has made a decisive mark on modern Austrian "will to form" which seeks a combination of art and science, intellect and feeling. He is considered to be a master of technological architecture of the kind that has become so important for the second half of the twentieth century.

The City Assembled
by Spiro Kostof
Bulfinch Press/paperback

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The City Assembled is the companion volume to Spiro Kostof's The City Shaped and continues Kostof's unique study of urban landscape and process. Moving from the historical and cultural overviews of the city in the first book, Kostof descends into the streets, sidewalks, squares, markets, and waterfronts of the city and presents a detailed urban anatomy. The book is organized thematically around the structural phenomena of the city; the city edge, the street, public space, the marketplace, and the realities of cultural and economic segregation. In every instance, Professor Kostof follows a far-ranging story up to the present to illustrate how fresh the discussion remains today. In the past, the various elements of a city evolved in response to a variety of pressures. Today, they are usually the result of planning decisions. The City Assembled is thus an exercise in architectural and social history, a case study for the present, and a pointer for the future.

The Power of Style
by Annette Tapert and Diana Edkins
Crown/hardcover

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Written by Annette Tapert and with photos by Diana Edkins The Power of Style is a panegyric to the talent and vision of twentieth century fashion legends Coco Chanel, Rita Lydig, Elsie de Wolfe, Daisy Fellowes, Diana Vreeland, the Duchess of Windsor, Jacqueline Onassis, Babe Paley and others. The Power of Style makes these twentieth-century legends come alive, revealing their secrets and explaining, for the first time, how they came to be such preeminent figures. More, it reveals the amusing, instructive, and sometimes painful tales of the lives behind the legends.

Flemish Tapestry
by Guy Delmarcel
Harry N. Abrams/hardcover

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Flemish tapestry is one of the most luxurious and skillful textile traditions in the world. At the height of their popularity, these sumptuous decorative panels were in overwhelming demand form wealthy and royal patrons for whom the tapestries represented the height of opulence and prestige. This lush volume is the first comprehensive reference to provide an overview of Flemish tapestry history, spanning the fifteenth century to shortly before the French Revolution. Each gorgeously illustrated chapter discusses different production centers; Brussels, Antwerp; and documents workshops, designers, patrons, iconography, and use.