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Annals of the Architectural Association School of Architecture Volume I, number 2. Published July 1982.
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In very good condition. Illustrated paper covers have a few small nicks and bumping and creasing to edges and corners. Light overall scuffing to covers as well. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Not Ex-library. No remainder marks. Black and white illustrations. AA Files is the Architectural Association School of Architecture's journal of record. Launched in 1981 by the AA School's then chairman Alvin Boyarsky, the journal is published twice a year. Contents: INTRODUCTION by Alvin Boyarsky; ON AN (EGYPTIAN?) MISREADING BY FRANCESCO DI GIORGIO by Joseph Rykwert; BORROMINI AND ROMAN URBANISM by Joseph Connors; LONDON by Andrew Saint; THE WORK OF JOSEF PLECNIK IN LJUBLJANA by Richard Bassett; COLOUR AT THE BAUHAUS by John Gage; WAREHOUSE-WORDHOUSE-PICTUREHOUSE by John Outram; RANDOMNESS vs ARBITRARINESS by Zaha Hadid; A BACK BURNER'S TELEPHONE CALL FROM AMERICA by Rodney Place; CABINET OF SCIENCES by Patricia Pringle; DOOR-ROBE by Peter Wilson; EXHIBITIONS: MISS GERTRUDE JEKYLL, GARDENER by Sir Peter Shepheard; SABAUDIA - CITTA NUOVA FASCISTA by David Wild; ARCHITECTURE AND CONTINUITY by Anthony Vidler; THE ENGINEERS by Denis Smith; VALPARAISO - THE GRID AND THE LABYRINTH by Micha Bandini. BOOK REVIEW : THE BEAUX-ARTS AND 19th-CENTURY FRENCH ARCHITECTURE by David Watkin