Tripleness
(Bellevue) [Washington]: Bellevue Art Museum, (2001). First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Unpaginated. Preface by Diane Douglas. Illustrated with full color Steven Holl watercolors. Black-and-white construction photos by John Stamets. Color photos by Lara Swimmer, Steven Holl and Ed Marquand. Book designed by Ed Marquand with spiral coil binding with thick transluscent plastic cover printed with red and black lettering. Slight crease to fore-edge of last two leaves, else Fine. Near Fine. Item #1742
The trade edition of this publication, also presented in a deluxe edition with brushed aluminum covers. Both are scarce. The renowned architect's building for the Bellevue Art Museum, in a suburb twenty minutes across Lake Washington. Holl's initial concept was of a barn for art where, in his words, tripleness is the organizing concept for the building in which thought and contact give character to space on three levels, in three galleries, with three different light conditions and three circulation options.
Price: $40.00