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Books by Emilio Ambasz






Shigeru Ban(1st Edition)
by Emilio Ambasz, Shigeru Ban, Eugenia Bell, 茂·坂, Princeton Architectural Press, Deb Wood
Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2001 by Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-56898-234-2, ISBN: 1-56898-234-8

"Shigeru Ban may be best known for his evocative Curtain Wall House in Tokyo—a highlight of the Museum of Modern Art's 1999 Un-Private House exhibit—but few know the range of this Japanese architect's work. In this first English-language monograph on Ban, 30 built projects reveal his inventiveness and humanitarianism. Ban's primary objectives in his work are the use of low cost materials and the dissolution of the boundaries between int ..."






The Universitas Project(1st Edition)
Solutions for a Post-Technological Society
by Emilio Ambasz, Professor Jean Baudrillard, Gillo Dorfles, Terence Riley, Harriet Schoenholz Bee, Gina Rossi, Octavio Paz, Umberto Eco, Meyer Schapiro
Paperback, 440 Pages, Published 2006 by The Museum Of Modern Art, New York
ISBN-13: 978-0-87070-070-5, ISBN: 0-87070-070-7

"In January of 1972, The Museum of Modern Art hosted "The Universitas Project," a two-day conference sponsored by the Museum's International Council and the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies. The distinguished participants, from a wide range of scholarly and artistic disciplines, including Jean Baudrillard, Umberto Eco, Gyorgy Kepes, Octavio Paz, Anatol Rapoport, Meyer Schapiro, Carl Schorske and Jivan Tabibian, among many oth ..."






International Design Yearbook 2
by Emilio Ambasz
Hardcover, 236 Pages, Published 1986 by Abbeville Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-89659-663-4, ISBN: 0-89659-663-X

"NY 1986 first edition (stated). Hardcover. Lg.4to., 236pp., illustratiohs, cloth. Fine in Near Fine DJ."






Home Futures
Living in Yesterday's Tomorrow
by Eszter Steierhoffer, Justin Mcguirk, Pier Vittorio Aureli, Ben Highmore, Barbara Penner, Edwin Heathcote, Florian Idenburg, Emilio Ambasz, Adam Greenfield, Barry Curtis, Sarah Kember, Jing Liu, Deyan Sudjic, Sam Jacob, Anna Puigjaner, Jurgen Bey, Dan Hill, Christiane Hoegner, Thomas Lommée, Design Museum Publishing
Paperback, 308 Pages, Published 2019 by The Design Museum
ISBN-13: 978-1-872005-42-3, ISBN: 1-872005-42-X

"The past's visionary future of domestic design, from Alison and Peter Smithson to SuperstudioThe “home of the future” has long been a topic of fascination in popular culture and an intriguing prospect for designers, and the 20th century offered up countless visions of the future of domestic life, from the aspirational to the radical. Whether it was the dream of the fully mechanized home or the notion that technology might free us from t ..."






Analyzing Ambasz(Updated)
by Emilio Ambasz, Michael Sorkin, Jerrilynn Denise Dodds, Peter Hall, Lebbeus Woods
Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 2004 by The Monacelli Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-58093-135-9, ISBN: 1-58093-135-9

"Architect, museum curator, and industrial designer Emilio Ambasz is renowned for projects that fuse architecture and landscape -- high-rise buildings enveloped in verdant screens of trees and plants, houses that virtually disappear beneath mounds of earth. His highly original work defies easy categorization and analysis, and Ambasz has himself presented his designs as springing from his deeply felt mythical and poetic desires, serving n ..."






Architecture of Luis Barragan(Illustrated)
by Emilio Ambasz, Luis: Barragan
Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 1976 by Museum Of Modern Art
Illustrated
ISBN-13: 978-0-87070-234-1, ISBN: 0-87070-234-3

"Hardback book with dust jacket titled THE ARCHITECTURE OF LUIS BARRAGAN by Emilio Ambasz. Published by The Museum of Modern Art in 1976. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs of Mr. Barragans work. See my photogrpahs (6) of this book on main listing page. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2-BS-12-bottom-R) rareviewbooks"






Emilio Ambasz(Illustrated)
by Michael Sorkin, Mario Bellini, Alessandro Mendini, Ettore Sottsass, Emilio Ambasz
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1989 by Rizzoli
Illustrated
ISBN-13: 978-0-8478-0967-7, ISBN: 0-8478-0967-6

"New. Excellent condition overall. Canvas hardcover book w/ NO DUST JACKET. Binding is tight and intact and does not appear to have ever been read. Borders and corners are precisely crisp. No bumping of any kind. Pages are clean and unmarked."






Italy(1st Edition)
The New Domestic Landscape: Achievements and Problems of Italian Design
by Emilio Ambasz
Hardcover, 430 Pages, Published 1972 by Museum Of Modern Art, New York
ISBN-13: 978-0-87070-394-2, ISBN: 0-87070-394-3

"Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, from May 26 to Sept. 11, 1972."






Taxi Project(1st Edition)
Realistic Solutions for Today
by Emilio Ambasz
Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 1976 by Museum Of Modern Art
ISBN-13: 978-0-87070-277-8, ISBN: 0-87070-277-7

"Book by None"






Italy(1st Edition)
The New Domestic Landscape
by Emilio Ambasz, Ambasz Emilio
Paperback, 430 Pages, Published 1972 by Museum Of Modern Art
ISBN-13: 978-0-87070-393-5, ISBN: 0-87070-393-5

"VERY GOOD-SOFTCOVER BOOK. NOT SIGNED OR AUTOGRAPHED. Book has minor shelf and light edge wear with yellowing from age to cover and to half inch closed tears to head of spine. In very good lightly read condition, not price clipped, not library or book club edition, not remainder marked. Seller is a lifelong book collector and each edition comes directly from his 35,000+ volume collection! Orders are shipped every business day using USPS ..."






Emilio Ambasz, Inventions(1st Edition)
The Reality of the Ideal
by Tadao Ando, Peter Buchanan, Fumihiko Maki, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Emilio Ambasz, Emiolio Ambasz
Paperback, 360 Pages, Published 1992 by Rizzoli
ISBN-13: 978-0-8478-1608-8, ISBN: 0-8478-1608-7

"Published to coincide with an exhibit of the work of Emilio Ambasz at the Institute of Contemporary Art at Tokyo Station. Includes essays by Emilio Ambasz, Urban & Building Projects: 1988 - 1991, Industrial Design Projects: 1988 - 1991, References and many color photos."






Emilio Ambasz Inventions(Illustrated)
by Emilio Ambasz, Peter Buchanan, Frank O. Gehry, Fumihiko Maki
Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 1992 by Rizzoli
ISBN-13: 978-0-8478-1607-1, ISBN: 0-8478-1607-9

"inventions"






Poetics of Architecture
by Emilio Ambasz
Mixed Media Product
ISBN-13: 978-1-85035-141-2, ISBN: 1-85035-141-4






The architecture of Luis Barragán
by Patrick Mcdonnell, Emilio Ambasz
128 Pages, Published 2008 by Little, Brown Books For Young Readers
ISBN-13: 978-0-316-04960-3, ISBN: 0-316-04960-3

"Patrick McDonnell. He hugged his best friends, Mooch, Noodles, and Earl, A butterfly, buttercups, a little gray squirrel."






Shigeru Ban(1st Edition)
by Shigeru Ban, Emilio Ambasz, Eugenia . Bell
Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2001 by Laurence King Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-85669-301-1, ISBN: 1-85669-301-5

"The architect Shigeru Ban is best known in his native Japan for his evocative Curtain Wall House. This monograph presents details of 30 distinctive projects, including his paper tube houses, Hanegi Forest, and the Walls-less House."






The International Design Year Book
(The International Design Yearbook)
by Emilio Ambasz, Deyan Sudjic
Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 1988 by Laurence King Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-85669-042-3, ISBN: 1-85669-042-3






Emilio Ambasz(Illustrated)
by Emilio Ambasz, Michael Sorkin, Mario Bellini
Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 1989 by Rizzoli
Illustrated
ISBN-13: 978-0-8478-0966-0, ISBN: 0-8478-0966-8

"Emilio Ambasz was born in Argentina but trained at Princeton University. From 1970 - 1976 he was Curator of Design at MoMA, New York, gaining great acclaim for his exhibition there "Italy, The New Domestic Architecture". Since 1976 he has run an architectural practice in New York and a design office in Bologna, Italy. He has gained many awards and honors, and his work has been widely published and exhibited. He has lectured at many univ ..."






Emilio Ambasz Steven Holl Architecture
by Emilio Ambasz, Steven Holl, Stuart Wrede
Paperback, 24 Pages, Published 1988 by Museum Of Modern Art
ISBN-13: 978-0-87070-199-3, ISBN: 0-87070-199-1

"Emilio Ambasz Steven Holl Architecture"






Houses for sale(1st Edition)
Architects, Emilio Ambasz, Peter Eisenman, Vittorio Gregotti, Arata Isozaki, Charles Moore, Cesar Pelli, Cedric Price, Oswald Mathias Ungers
by B. J. . Archer, B.J., Et A. Archer, Emilio Ambasz
Paperback, 115 Pages, Published 1980 by Rizzoli
ISBN-13: 978-0-8478-0352-1, ISBN: 0-8478-0352-X

"Book by B. J. Archer"






The Architecture of Luis Barragan
by Emilio Ambasz, Luis Barragan
Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1976 by The Museum Of Modern Art
Illustrated
ISBN-13: 978-0-87070-233-4, ISBN: 0-87070-233-5

"Internationally known, the Mexican Luis Barragan was one of the most gifted practitioners in contemporary landscape architecture. In his work the wall is both the supreme entity and the inhabitant of a larger metaphysical landscape; in the de Chirico-like settings he created, it is at once a screen for revealing the colours of Mexico's almost white sun and a shield to suggest unseen presences. Barragan's magnificent gardens and carefull ..."



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