Frank Gehry's Schnabel House, the Lawson-Westen House by Eric Owen Moss and the Drager House by the late Franklin D Israel are three key buildings in the development of a recognized style of Californian residential architecture. The houses perpetuate the Los Angeles tradition -- accomplished and exuberant, they are characterized by shifts in geometry, frequent use of utilitarian materials and subtle subdivisions. Complex enough to be confusing at first glance, these exhilarating designs blur the distinction between art and ...
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Frank Gehry's Schnabel House, the Lawson-Westen House by Eric Owen Moss and the Drager House by the late Franklin D Israel are three key buildings in the development of a recognized style of Californian residential architecture. The houses perpetuate the Los Angeles tradition -- accomplished and exuberant, they are characterized by shifts in geometry, frequent use of utilitarian materials and subtle subdivisions. Complex enough to be confusing at first glance, these exhilarating designs blur the distinction between art and architecture and helped to establish their architects as masters of spatial manipulation
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First omnibus edition (hardback). Square 4to (30cm by 30cm), c. 200pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and b&w. Original grey cloth spine, laminated boards. This copy is in very good condition. ISBN 0714838713.
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Used-Very Good. Part of a series that aims to place buildings within their historical context, this text considers Gehry's Schnabel House; Israel's Lawson-Weston House; and Moss's Drager House. It includes specially produced technical drawings that explain how the buildings were detailed and put together. It considers how the houses are all key buildings in the development of a recognized style of California residential architecture and how the buildings afforded their creator's the reputations as masters of spatial manipulation. Slight scratching/scuffing on front and back of cover.
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Near Fine. 0714838713. Part of the Architecture 3s series. Color and black and white photographs and line drawings throughout. First edition. Bumped corners, else near fine in glossy pictorial boards. No dust jacket, as issued.
