First edition monograph on SOM by architectural historian Nicholas Adams, published in Milan in 2006 by Electa. Large 4to (10” x 11”), hardcover with pictorial dust jacket, 338 pages, profusely illustrated in color and b/w. Text in English. Warmly inscribed by Adams to noted architectural historian Carol Herselle Krinsky on the title page: "For Carol who was there first...", followed by a partially legible phrase in Italian, signed and dated 14 December 2006. The inscription almost certainly acknowledges Krinsky's pioneering Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (MIT Press, 1988), the first comprehensive scholarly monograph devoted to SOM's most influential design partner. Krinsky is also cited in the book’s acknowledgments. Adams' landmark institutional history of the firm thus recognizes its principal intellectual precursor, marking the volume as a scholar-to-scholar association copy documenting the development of SOM historiography.
A major survey of one of the twentieth century's most influential architectural practices, tracing the evolution of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill from its founding in 1936 through its emergence as the dominant force in postwar corporate modernism and global architecture. Drawing upon extensive archival research, the volume examines the work of Gordon Bunshaft, Bruce Graham, Myron Goldsmith, Natalie de Blois, Fazlur Khan, and other key figures whose buildings reshaped the modern city.
Light bumping and rubbing to extremities and dust jacket. Light bumping and scratching to slipcase, with one pronounced scratch to front cover. Contents near fine.
An exceptional association copy linking two distinguished historians of modern architecture, preserving a personal inscription that acknowledges Krinsky's foundational contribution to the scholarly literature on Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
First edition monograph on SOM by architectural historian Nicholas Adams, published in Milan in 2006 by Electa. Large 4to (10” x 11”), hardcover with pictorial dust jacket, 338 pages, profusely illustrated in color and b/w. Text in English. Warmly inscribed by Adams to noted architectural historian Carol Herselle Krinsky on the title page: "For Carol who was there first...", followed by a partially legible phrase in Italian, signed and dated 14 December 2006. The inscription almost certainly acknowledges Krinsky's pioneering Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (MIT Press, 1988), the first comprehensive scholarly monograph devoted to SOM's most influential design partner. Krinsky is also cited in the book’s acknowledgments. Adams' landmark institutional history of the firm thus recognizes its principal intellectual precursor, marking the volume as a scholar-to-scholar association copy documenting the development of SOM historiography.
A major survey of one of the twentieth century's most influential architectural practices, tracing the evolution of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill from its founding in 1936 through its emergence as the dominant force in postwar corporate modernism and global architecture. Drawing upon extensive archival research, the volume examines the work of Gordon Bunshaft, Bruce Graham, Myron Goldsmith, Natalie de Blois, Fazlur Khan, and other key figures whose buildings reshaped the modern city.
Light bumping and rubbing to extremities and dust jacket. Light bumping and scratching to slipcase, with one pronounced scratch to front cover. Contents near fine.
An exceptional association copy linking two distinguished historians of modern architecture, preserving a personal inscription that acknowledges Krinsky's foundational contribution to the scholarly literature on Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
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