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Order in Space: A Design Source Book.
London: Thames & Hudson (1969), rpt. 1976. Oblong 4to. Plastic comb-bound wrappers, 120pp., with two large fold-out plates. Illustrated throughout.
A work on space and geometry conceived by the author "as a working tool for students of the subject and in particular for the World Design Science Decade", a proposal initiated by Buckminster Fuller in 1965. Fuller endorsed Critchlow's lectureship at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London in 1966, where he taught for twelve years and worked on various projects, such as pioneering the use of geodesic domes as emergency housing in disaster areas, and Critchlow is referenced by Steve Baer on the back cover of his 'Dome Cookbook' (item #32).
Faint pencilled notes inside lower wrapper, and partial offsetting inside upper wrapper, o/w Very Good plus. Ownership signature of Ann H. Holmes, former chief arts critic of the Houston Chronicle (she reviewed Ant Farm's 20:20 exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston in January 1974 [item #131]).
