In this award-winning book noted photographer Balthazar Korab creates a fascinating new game--find the letters of the alphabet in, on and around American buildings ranging from Victorian gingerbread to angular lines of steel. Every letter can be found in architecture either as a basic structural form or as a decorative, eye-catching detail added on as the inspiration of the architect or the whim of the builder. The words of famous architectural observers from Goethe to Wright and from Victor Hugo to Robert Venturi are carefully paired with dramatic photos to produce an exciting array of ideas about what architecture can be.

Archabet: An Architectual Alphabet

Arts & Photography

Korab, Balthazar

Photography & Video

wiley

The Alphabet in Architecture Find the letters of the alphabet in this unique collection of 26 duotone photographs depicting architectural details—in barns and bridges, fences, farms and factories, houses and halls, and other buildings. Some letters are made by a buildings’s structural form, others from decorative details. All make for a visual detective game enticing the player to find each letter. Each postcard includes a thoughtful quotation from a famous architectural observer providing an exciting array of ideas as to what architecture means.

Archabet, Postcard Book: An Architectual Alphabet

In this award-winning book noted photographer Balthazar Korab creates a fascinating new game--find the letters of the alphabet in, on and around American buildings ranging from Victorian gingerbread to angular lines of steel. Every letter can be found in architecture either as a basic structural form or as a decorative, eye-catching detail added on as the inspiration of the architect or the whim of the builder. The words of famous architectural observers from Goethe to Wright and from Victor Hugo to Robert Venturi are carefully paired with dramatic photos to produce an exciting array of ideas about what architecture can be.

Archabet: An Architectural Alphabet

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Diane Maddex (editor)

The Preservation Press

Great book featuring the architecture of Columbus Indiana known for its inovative contemporary and Modern buildings and spaces. 110 color and black and white illustrations / photographs of architecture, architectural details, floorplans, church buildings, educational structures, public spaces. Architects include: Harry Weese, Eero Saarinen, Norman Fletcher, Susana Torre, Richard Meier, Harold Roth, William Moore, Jean Tinquely (sculpture) Venturi and Rauch, I M Pei, Edward L Barnes, Eliot Noyes, Henry Moore (sculpture Bruce Adams, Hardy Holzman Pfeifer, Eliel Saarinen James, Perkinson, Isaac Hodgson, Charles Sparrell, Bruce Adams, and other artists / architects. Includes map of the city with sites marked, list of important buildings, bilbiography. Black cloth hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. 168 pages. Measures 9 1/4 by 10 1/2 inches. Interesting book, nicely illustrated.

Columbus Indiana: An American Landmark

History

Americas

Documan Pr Ltd

Hardcover book of description, black and white and color photos concerning Columbus Indiana. This town is a landmark for quality of life. Its fine architecture is rooted in a solid tradition. This book traces the history of an enlightened use of the best architecture America can offer, by both the local industry and a responsible citizenry.

Columbus Indiana: an American Landmark

DOCUMAN PRESS+LTD

Detroit, the renaissance city

Thomasson-Grant

Michigan

Travel

Howell Pr

Detroit: The Renaissance City

Spradlin & Assocs

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