The architecture designed by E. Stewart Williams from 1947 until his retirement in 1996 is integral to the fabric of Palm Springs. Educated at Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania, Williams was grounded in the Beaux-Arts tradition, and became a confirmed Modernist. Beginning with his first residential design, a home for Frank Sinatra, Williams used a spectrum of materials--natural and industrial--to create structures that had the elegance and simplicity of Modern aesthetics combined with a textural and chromatic ...
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The architecture designed by E. Stewart Williams from 1947 until his retirement in 1996 is integral to the fabric of Palm Springs. Educated at Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania, Williams was grounded in the Beaux-Arts tradition, and became a confirmed Modernist. Beginning with his first residential design, a home for Frank Sinatra, Williams used a spectrum of materials--natural and industrial--to create structures that had the elegance and simplicity of Modern aesthetics combined with a textural and chromatic sensitivity to the desert. With more than 120 photographs by Julius Shulman, Maynard Parker, Tim Street-Porter, Dan Chavkin, and David Glomb; images of Williams's renderings, drawings, and artwork; and insightful essays by Lauren Bricker, Elizabeth Edwards Harris, Erin Hyman, Volker Welter, Wim de Wit, and Sidney Williams, the book reveals the span and depth of Williams's fifty-year career in architecture.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Cataog from the exhibition of the same name that explored the life and work of renowned Palm Sprints architect and proponent of modernism, E. Stewart Williams (1909-2005). Williams's first residential commission in Palm Springs, was a house for Frank Sinatra--not a bad start! Lavishly illustrated, a delightful book. 209 pp. 4to. Minor wear and scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Clean and crisp within.
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New. 0692216898. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened---with a bonus offer--
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Fine in Fine jacket. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean, no marks. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Palm Springs Art Museum, from November 9, 2014 to February 22, 2015. Emerson Stewart Williams (1909-2005) was born into a family of architects, his father first being asked to design a commercial shopping center in Palm Springs in the 1930's. E. Stewart Williams was in Raymond Loewy's office during the late 1930's and worked on the 1939 New York World's Fair. His first residential commission in 1947 in Palm Springs for Frank Sinatra was a ranch house style similar to work being done by Richard Neutra and Albert Frey in the Palm Springs area. Essays by Lauren Weiss Bricker, Elizabeth Edwards Harris, Erin Hyman, Vilker M. Welter, Sidney Williams and Wim de Wit. Project List. Bibliography. Illustrated in black & white with many vintage photographs, also color. 11" high X 12" wide, 209 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
