Architecture and Rhetoric: Text and Design in Architectural Competitions, Oslo 1939-1996 by Elisabeth Tostrup - 1999

Great Britain: Andreas Papadakis Publisher, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 208 pages, indexed. Hardcover in grey dust jacket, now in mylar. Jacket has little to no wear. Text is clean. Illustrated with text photos and drawings.

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London: Andreas Papadakis, 1999. First edition (hardback). 4to, 208pp. 129 illustrations. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in excellent condition. ISBN 1901092054

London: Andreas Papadakis, 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dark navy hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear. 208pp. Many b/w illustrations. In this book, the author discusses architectural competitions, perhaps the most prominent and symbolic way in which society chooses the built form of the future. Architectural competitions are fundamentally a debate and in this debate the architect must sell a particular way of seeing. She focuses on competitions in the Norwegian capital, Oslo from 1939 to 1997 to illustrate her analysis..

London : Andreas Papdakis Publisher, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 208 pages; Physical desc. : 208 p. : ill., plans ; 31 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-204) and index. Subject: Architecture --Competitions --Norway --Oslo. Summary: An examination of the forces that persuade investors into the construction of a buidling.

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Papadakis, 1999. Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. New.

Papadakis, 1999. Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. New.