Manfredo Tafuri
The Sphere and the Labyrinth: Avant-Gardes and Architecture from Piranesi to the 1970s.
The MIT Press, 1987. First edition. Translation by Pellegrino d'Acierno and Robert Connolly of "La sfera e il laberinto: Avanguardia e architettura da Piranesi agli anni '70" (Giulio Einaudi, 1980). 0262200619 382 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 7.5" x 10.5", is bound in orange cloth, with stamped black lettering to spine. Book is in fine condition, with solid binding, clean and bright interior. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, is preserved in mylar cover.
"Offers a survey of avant-garde architecture, looks at the work of Stirling, Rossi, Gregotti, Venturi, Eisenman, Graves, Hejuk, Argest, and Gandelsonas, and discusses futurism and expressionism".