| Metropolis BooksMetropolis Books was founded by Sharon Helgason Gallagher, the director of ARTBOOK | D.A.P., and Horace Havemayer III, the noted publisher of Metropolis Magazine. Recognized for publishing thought-provoking, useful, and beautiful books on contemporary issues in architecture, urbanism, preservation, interior design, product design, and landscape architecture, particularly as these relate to the sustainable, natural environment and evolving technologies, the imprint ran under the editorial leadership of Diana Murphy through 2016. Notable titles have included Design Like You Give a Damn, Never Built New York, Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies, Cape Cod Modernism, Fire Island Modernist: Horace Gifford and the Architecture of Seduction, and Vishaan Chakrabarti’s A Country of Cities. The imprint is not accepting new submissions, though many of its classic titles remain in print.
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Reps: D.A.P. Sales Rep DirectoryTITLE ALPHABETICAL INDEX Metropolis BooksISBN: 9781935202172
USD $29.95 | CAD $39.95Pub Date: 5/30/2013
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Metropolis BooksISBN: 9781938922732
USD $45.00 | CAD $60 UK £ 38Pub Date: 5/26/2015
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Metropolis BooksISBN: 9781938922794
USD $19.95 | CAD $27.95 UK £ 17.5Pub Date: 12/29/2015
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Metropolis BooksISBN: 9781935202165
USD $45.00 | CAD $62 UK £ 35Pub Date: 6/30/2014
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Metropolis BooksISBN: 9781938922619
USD $55.00 | CAD $72.5Pub Date: 11/30/2014
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Metropolis BooksISBN: 9781933045788
USD $34.95 | CAD $45.95Pub Date: 10/1/2008
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Metropolis BooksISBN: 9781881616993
USD $65.00 | CAD $95 UK £ 55Pub Date: 4/29/2025
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Metropolis BooksISBN: 9781938922756
USD $55.00 | CAD $72.5Pub Date: 10/25/2016
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Metropolis BooksISBN: 9781938922589
USD $19.95 | CAD $27.95Pub Date: 8/31/2014
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Metropolis BooksISBN: 9781938922398
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Metropolis BooksISBN: 9781942884408
USD $29.95 | CAD $45 UK £ 27Pub Date: 5/21/2019
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Metropolis BooksISBN: 9781942884453
USD $17.95 | CAD $24.95 UK £ 15.99Pub Date: 11/19/2019
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Metropolis BooksISBN: 9781938922138
USD $75.00 | CAD $99Pub Date: 1/31/2013
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| | | FORTHCOMING By Christopher Bascom Rawlins. Foreword by Alastair Gordon. Afterword by Charles Renfro.
As the 1960s became the Sixties, architect Horace Gifford executed a remarkable series of beach houses that transformed the terrain and culture of New York’s Fire Island. Growing up on the beaches of Florida, Gifford forged a deep connection with coastal landscapes. Pairing this sensitivity with jazzy improvisations on modernist themes, he perfected a sustainable modernism in cedar and glass that was as attuned to natural landscapes as to our animal natures. Gifford’s serene 1960s pavilions provided refuge from a hostile world, while his exuberant post-Stonewall, pre-AIDS masterpieces orchestrated bacchanals of liberation. Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift once . . . .go to book page >> |  | STATUS: Forthcoming | 4/29/2025 This title is not yet published in the U.S. To pre-order or receive notice when the book is available, please email orders @ artbook.com | METROPOLIS BOOKS
ISBN 9781881616993
Hbk, 9 x 12 in. / 224 pgs / 181 color / 107 bw. | 4/29/2025 | Awaiting stock | US $65.00 |
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ISBN 9781935202172
Hbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 252 pgs / 150 color. | 5/30/2013 | In stock | US $29.95 |
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ISBN 9781938922732
Hbk, 12.75 x 10.25 in. / 288 pgs / 181 color / 106 bw. | 5/26/2015 | In stock | US $45.00 |
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ISBN 9781938922794
Pbk, 9.25 x 13 in. / 60 pgs / 80 color. | 12/29/2015 | In stock | US $19.95 |
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ISBN 9781935202165
Hbk, 8.75 x 10.25 in. / 272 pgs / 130 color / 200 bw. | 6/30/2014 | In stock | US $45.00 |
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ISBN 9781933045788
Pbk, 6.5 x 9 in. / 288 pgs / 120 color / 30 bw. | 10/1/2008 | In stock | US $34.95 |
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ISBN 9781938922589
Hbk, 7.75 x 9.75 in. / 256 pgs / 320 color / 80 bw. | 8/31/2014 | In stock | US $19.95 |
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ISBN 9781942884453
Pbk, 4.25 x 7 in. / 124 pgs / 7 color. | 11/19/2019 | In stock | US $17.95 |
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ISBN 9781938922138
Hbk, 9.25 x 11 in. / 376 pgs / 200 color / 100 duotone. | 1/31/2013 | In stock | US $75.00 |
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ISBN 9781938922619
Hbk, 7.5 x 10 in. / 432 pgs / 275 color. | 11/30/2014 | Out of stock | US $55.00 |
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ISBN 9781938922756
Hbk, 11.5 x 8.5 in. / 408 pgs / 220 color / 220 bw. | 10/25/2016 | Out of stock | US $55.00 |
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ISBN 9781938922398
Pbk, 6.5 x 9 in. / 353 pgs / 32 color / 4 bw. | 3/31/2014 | Out of stock | US $29.95 |
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ISBN 9781942884408
Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 304 pgs / illustrated throughout. | 5/21/2019 | Out of stock | US $29.95 |
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ISBN 9781935202462
Hbk, 11.75 x 8.75 in. / 352 pgs / 500 color. | 1/31/2011 | Not available | US $49.95 |
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ISBN 9781935202479
Pbk, 8 x 8 in. / 304 pgs / 300 color. | 7/31/2011 | Not available | US $35.00 |
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ISBN 9781933045214
Hardcover, 6 x 9 in. / 192 pgs / 25 color / 20 bw. | 11/15/2005 | Not available | US $30.00 |
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ISBN 9781938922855
Flexi, 6.75 x 9 in. / 256 pgs / 1,000 color. | 1/26/2016 | Not available | US $40.00 |
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ISBN 9781933045252
Paperback, 8 x 8 in. / 336 pgs / 350 color. | 1/15/2006 | Not available | US $35.00 |
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ISBN 9781933045955
Pbk, 8 x 8 in. / 304 pgs / 250 color. | 10/31/2009 | Not available | US $34.95 |
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ISBN 9781935202127
Pbk, 8.5 x 8.5 in. / 176 pgs / 86 color / 85 bw. | 3/31/2010 | Not available | US $24.95 |
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ISBN 9781938922091
Hbk, 9 x 12 in. / 204 pgs / 140 color / 100 bw. | 5/30/2013 | Not available | US $60.00 |
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ISBN 9781938922152
Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 408 pgs / illustrated throughout. | 9/30/2013 | Not available | US $39.95 |
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ISBN 9781935202240
Pbk, 9.5 x 12.5 in. / 128 pgs / 100 color / 50 tear-out posters. | 11/30/2010 | Not available | US $30.00 |
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ISBN 9781933045047
Hardcover, 14 x 11 in. / 250 pgs / 113 color / 110 duotone. | 5/15/2005 | Not available | US $85.00 |
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ISBN 9781938922220
Hbk, 10.25 x 13.75 in. / 272 pgs / 800 color. | 9/30/2013 | Not available | US $75.00 |
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ISBN 9781935202455
Flexi, 7 x 8.5 in. / 160 pgs / 130 color. | 10/31/2011 | Not available | US $30.00 |
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ISBN 9781935202967
Hbk, 11.5 x 8.5 in. / 376 pgs / 200 color / 200 bw. | 7/31/2013 | Not available | US $55.00 |
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ISBN 9781933045337
Paperback, 8 x 10 in. / 240 pgs / 310 color. | 7/1/2006 | Not available | US $34.95 |
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ISBN 9781891024986
Hardcover, 11.5 x 10.75 in. / 144 pgs / 93 color. | 11/2/2004 | Not available | US $65.00 |
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ISBN 9781935202929
Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 288 pgs / illustrated throughout. | 10/31/2012 | Not available | US $29.95 |
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ISBN 9781942884163
Pbk, 4.25 x 7 in. / 144 pgs. | 2/27/2018 | Not available | US $17.95 |
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ISBN 9781938922787
Pbk, 4.25 x 7 in. / 144 pgs / 7 color. | 6/23/2015 | Not available | US $17.95 |
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ISBN 9781935202189
Hbk, 8 x 10 in. / 288 pgs / 250 color. | 11/30/2010 | Not available | US $40.00 |
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ISBN 9781933045061
Hardcover, 5.25 x 8 in. / 160 pgs / 12 color. | 7/15/2005 | Not available | US $27.50 |
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ISBN 9781938922565
Hbk, 7.75 x 10 in. / 352 pgs / 375 color. | 12/31/2014 | Not available | US $45.00 |
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