The Architecture of Frank Williams by Michael J. Crosbie

Presentation copy inscribed by Frank Williams on the title page thus: "FOR JENNY Thanks for the MEET'GS (?) in New York See you in London soon (cannot decipher next word) Frank"; Rockport Publishers, MA 1997 1st ed/1st printing with a Foreword by Alexander Kouzmanoff, a Preface by Frank Williams & an Introduction by Michael J. Crosbie, 192pp., text generally in decent order albeit with browning to page edges, spine very slightly cocked & rear board very slightly warped, bumping & rubbing to board corners, to the top, bottom & sides of boards & spine, bumping to the bottom left hand side of the front board, some rubbing to spine edges on front & rear, rear board a bit marked, the dust jacket has some internal staining from the black boards, is rubbed & creased at top & bottom with scuffing to the corners & to the top & bottom of the spine, both front & rear have many marks & scratches.

Frank Williams (December 14, 1936 – February 25, 2010) was an American architect who worked as a lead architect on nearly 20 buildings in Manhattan, including Trump Palace Condominiums, 515 Park Avenue, and the W Hotels in Times Square. Williams graduated from UC Berkeley in 1961, and received a master's degree from Harvard in 1965. He moved to New York City and taught at Columbia University for the next few years. He co-authored Urban Design Manhattan, an influential book advocating distinctive skyscrapers and design in Manhattan. He is also the subject of The Architecture of Frank Williams (Architecture
Today), published in 1997.

Frank Williams has designed a number of notable buildings in New York:

515 Park Avenue, New York, NY, USA
The London Hotel, New York, NY, USA
W Times Square Hotel, New York, NY, USA
Trump Palace, New York, NY, USA
Four Seasons Hotel, New York, NY, USA (with I.M. Pei & Partners)
World Wide Plaza Residential Complex, New York, NY, USA
The Park Belvedere, New York, NY, USA
The Belaire, New York, NY, USA
The Vanderbilt, New York, NY, USA

And across the world:

Mercury City Tower, Moscow, Russia
Burj Residential Tower, Dubai, U.A.E
Samsung Residential Tower, Seoul, South Korea
Taipei Tower F4, Taipei, Taiwan
Lang Suan Ville, Bangkok, Thailand

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