Bay Area Houses book by Sally Woodbridge : Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. Hardcover. English. See images for condition.

Format: Hardcover

Author: Sally Woodbridge

ISBN: 9780195020847

Condition: Used - Very Good


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About the book >.>.> San Francisco is rightfully proud both of its natu-ral and its man-made environments. A unique contribution to American architectural history, Bay Area Houses concentrates on a local tradi-tion that many people, natives and visitors, have become aware of houses that are unpreten-tious yet imaginative; friendly, relaxed buildings that often merge indoor living spaces with the outdoors and take advantage of the exceptional views. In this handsome, beautifully illustrated book noted architectural authorities show how this distinctive local tradition has flourished, chang-ing with the times, from the end of the nineteenth century down to the present. Among the high points of the tradition are the work of Bernard Maybeck, who came to the Bay Area in 1889; William Wurster, founder of the College of Environmental Design at the Univer-sity of California, Berkeley, whose most provoca-tive buildings went up in the thirties and early forties; and Charles Moore, who contributed sig-nificantly to the whole area of residential design throughout the sixties and seventies. Contributors to the book include Sally Wood-bridge, the editor, and David Gebhard. (OS)