The AIA Gold Medal

1984, McGraw-Hill, NY. Impressive hardcover title, 246 pages. Printed on lightly coated stock; b&w photos, sketches, architectural plans throughout. Full-color gallery, 8 pages, presents never-before-published photos and drawings. 400 total illustrations in all. Here is a superb volume, the 75th anniversary of the Gold Medal and the 125th anniversary of the American Institute of Architects. Profiles are given for significant architects who receive the medal from 1907 to 1983. Here are such geniuses as Frank Lloyd Wright, William Adams Delano, Le Corbusier, Pier Luigi Nervi, Kenzo Tange, Buckminster Fuller, Ieoh Ming Pei, and numerous others. Beautifully done, a handsome title.