Scarce planning document, introducing the broad strokes of what would become the Berkeley Master Plan of 1955, which shaped the development of the city until its reform in 1973. The Berkeley Master Plan was created by the Berkeley Planning Commission, of which T.J. Kent, Jr. was a notable member. Kent, a notable UC Berkeley professor spearheaded a vision in which urban planning would move away from project- and design-oriented approvals by city council, towards articulating a broader vision for the character of the city and its neighborhoods, out of which projects and designs for public and private development would arise.....
Architecture
Item 236The Architectural Forum, January 1938: Frank Lloyd Wright
Entire issue of The Architectural Forum dedicated to new and unpublished work by and about Frank Lloyd Wright.
The Architectural Forum/Time, 1938. Illustrated from photographs and diagrams throughout, numerous folding. 2, 102 pp. Metal spiral binding. Illustrated from photographs and diagrams throughout, numerous folding. 2, 102 pp.Item 24Modern Architecture: Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930
First Edition of the Kahn Lectures, which lay out Wright's building philosophy in the period just prior to constructing many of the buildings which would cement his legacy.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1931. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece from photograph and 6 plates. [xii], 115 pp. [724.9 W93m]. First Edition. Publisher's color illustrated boards. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece from photograph and 6 plates. [xii], 115 pp. [724.9 W93m].Item 27In the Nature of Materials: 1887-1941, The Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright
First Edition of this study of the architect's work between 1887-1941.
Duell, Sloan and Pearce: New York, 1942. Illustrated with color frontispiece from photograph of Taliesin, and 413 black & white illustrations from photographs, plans, drawings and sketches. xxxv, [1], 143 pp. First Edition. Publisher's red cloth lettered in silver. Illustrated with color frontispiece from photograph of Taliesin, and 413 black & white illustrations from photographs, plans, drawings and sketches. xxxv, [1], 143 pp.Item 470Elementa architecturae ad structuras oeconomicas applicatae in usum academiarum per regnum Hungariae
Work on practical architecture by Franz Rausch von Traubenberg (1743-1816), professor of Mathematics at the University of Budapest. WITH ADDITIONAL VOLUME: Includes a 1799 revised edition of the same work.
Budae [i.e. Budapest]: Typis Regiae Universitatis, 1779. With 11 folding engraved plates bound in at rear. xvi, 158 pp. Octavo. First Edition. Period patterned boards. With 11 folding engraved plates bound in at rear. xvi, 158 pp. Octavo.Item 264Raccolta di Varie Favole delineate, ed incise in Rame da Giorgio Fossati architetto &c.
Collection of detailed prints illustrating fables on fine paper. Giorgio Fossati (1706-1778) was an architect and printmaker whose training shows here in his exceptional rendering of both realistic animals and detailed representations of baroque architecture. Rarely found complete.
Venezia [i.e. Venice]: Carlo Pecora, 1744. 6 volumes bound in 2. Illustrated with 216 engraved plates in several colors,including black, sanguine, gray, green, and bistre; additional woodcutillustrations in text. Period calf. 6 volumes bound in 2. Illustrated with 216 engraved plates in several colors,including black, sanguine, gray, green, and bistre; additional woodcutillustrations in text.Item 28Frank Lloyd Wright
Nicely illustrated reflection on Wright's more notable architecture.
Hamlyn: London, [1972]. Illustrated from photographs, many in color. 94 pp. Quarto. From the Twentieth-Century Masters Series. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver, pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated from photographs, many in color. 94 pp. Quarto. From the Twentieth-Century Masters Series.Item 382Le Temple d'Angkor Vat
Reprint of an early-20th century study of Angkor Wat (Tome II of the Mémoires Archéologiques, published in Paris by Les Éditions G. Van Oest, 1929-1932), with numerous illustrations. Unnumbered copy to match a limited edition of 999 copies. EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES MAY APPLY.
Bangkok: SDI Publications/Bruce Miller, Publisher. 3 volumes. Extensively illustrated from photographs and sketches, many folding in the final volume. Folio. Publisher's black leatherette lettered in gilt, dust jackets, slipcase. 3 volumes. Extensively illustrated from photographs and sketches, many folding in the final volume. Folio.



