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Hardback. Condition: Good. This is a fascinating and intelligently illustrated study of architectural innovation in Los Angeles. From 1940 to 1990, Los Angeles rapidly evolved into one of the most populous and influential industrial, economic, and creative capitals in the world. During this era, the region was transformed into a laboratory for cutting-edge architecture. Overdrive examines these experiments and their impacts on modern design, reframes the perceptions of Los Angeles' dynamic built environment, and amplifies the exploration of the city's vibrant architectural legacy. The drawings, models, and images highlighted by Overdrive reveal the complex and often underappreciated facets of Los Angeles and illustrate how the metropolis became an internationally recognized destination with a unique design vocabulary, canonical landmarks, and a coveted lifestyle.…

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Trade Paperback. Condition: New. The American architectural photographer Julius Shulman (1910â"2009) is one of the few image makers to have documented, as well as witnessed, nearly an entire century of Los Angeles history. His captivating photographs serve as a visual record of the dramatic evolution of this exciting and diverse metropolis. Shulmanâs best-known images consist of mid-century views of Modernist domestic interiors, notably the iconic Case Study House #22 of 1960, in which two well-dressed women sit inside the floor-to-ceiling window walls of a Pierre Koenigâ"designed house that seems to float like a spaceship over the light-spangled urban sprawl beyond. Not as well known but equally powerful are Shulmanâs images of Union Station and downtownâs vintage office buildings, the dynamic Wilshire Boulevard corridor, the regionâs eclectic coffee shops and movie theaters, the sweeping canopy of the Century Plaza Hotel, the diverse fabric of L.A.âs residential neighborhoods, and the panoramic vistas of the city of the future under construction. The author selected sixty images from the Getty Research Instituteâs Shulman archive for this elegant book, for which he also wrote an informative essay on the photographerâs exceptional capacity to capture the diverse built environment of Los Angeles.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: New. The American architectural photographer Julius Shulman (1910â"2009) is one of the few image makers to have documented, as well as witnessed, nearly an entire century of Los Angeles history. His captivating photographs serve as a visual record of the dramatic evolution of this exciting and diverse metropolis. Shulmanâs best-known images consist of mid-century views of Modernist domestic interiors, notably the iconic Case Study House #22 of 1960, in which two well-dressed women sit inside the floor-to-ceiling window walls of a Pierre Koenigâ"designed house that seems to float like a spaceship over the light-spangled urban sprawl beyond. Not as well known but equally powerful are Shulmanâs images of Union Station and downtownâs vintage office buildings, the dynamic Wilshire Boulevard corridor, the regionâs eclectic coffee shops and movie theaters, the sweeping canopy of the Century Plaza Hotel, the diverse fabric of L.A.âs residential neighborhoods, and the panoramic vistas of the city of the future under construction. The author selected sixty images from the Getty Research Instituteâs Shulman archive for this elegant book, for which he also wrote an informative essay on the photographerâs exceptional capacity to capture the diverse built environment of Los Angeles.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. This is a fascinating and intelligently illustrated study of architectural innovation in Los Angeles. From 1940 to 1990, Los Angeles rapidly evolved into one of the most populous and influential industrial, economic, and creative capitals in the world. During this era, the region was transformed into a laboratory for cutting-edge architecture. Overdrive examines these experiments and their impacts on modern design, reframes the perceptions of Los Angeles' dynamic built environment, and amplifies the exploration of the city's vibrant architectural legacy. The drawings, models, and images highlighted by Overdrive reveal the complex and often underappreciated facets of Los Angeles and illustrate how the metropolis became an internationally recognized destination with a unique design vocabulary, canonical landmarks, and a coveted lifestyle.…

Small Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Crease on rear board causing beginning of split to paper, 1/2 inch closed tear to bottom margin of one page, rear endpapers lightly foxed. 1937 Small Hard Cover. 53 pp. 4 5/8 x 3 1/4. Pink decorative paper over boards. A collection of verse and excerpts of works by various authors, including Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, J.M. Barrie, Mark Twain, and Lewis Carroll.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Short gift inscription on front end page, else unmarked.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. Pictorial boards, xiii, 301 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour), plans; 26 x 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine lightly bumped at the crown. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "From 1940 to 1990, Los Angeles rapidly evolved into one of the most populous and influential industrial, economic, and creative capitals in the world. During this era, the region was transformed into a laboratory for cutting-edge architecture. Overdrive: L. A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990 examines these experiments and their impact on modern design, reframes the perceptions of Los Angeles's dynamic built environment, and amplifies the exploration of the city's vibrant architectural legacy. The drawings, models, and images highlighted in the Overdrive exhibition and catalogue reveal the complex and often underappreciated facets of Los Angeles and illustrate how the metropolis became an internationally recognized destination with a unique design vocabulary, canonical landmarks, and a coveted lifestyle. This investigation builds upon the groundbreaking work of generations of historians, theorists, curators, critics, and activists who have researched and expounded upon the development of Los Angeles. In this volume, thought-provoking essays shed more light on the exhibition's narratives, including Los Angeles's physical landscape, the rise of modernism, the region s influential residential architecture, its buildings for commerce and transportation, and architects pioneering uses of bold forms, advanced materials, and new technologies. Los Angeles's ability to facilitate change, experiment, recalibrate, and forge ahead is one of its greatest strengths. Future generations are destined to harness the region s enviable resources to create new layers of architectural innovations." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Foreword: Studying Los Angeles's urbanism, by Thomas W. Gaehtgens; Introduction: Provoking new perceptions of Los Angeles, by Wim de Wit and Christopher James Alexander; TRANSFORMATIVE LANDSCAPES: The deep historical morphology of the Los Angeles metropolis, by Philip J. Ethington; Dreams deferred: parks and open space, by William Deverell; All freeways lead to East Los Angeles: rethinking the L.A. freeway and its meanings, by Eric Avila; Los Angeles after dark: the incandescent city, by Sandy Isenstadt; ENGAGING MODERNISM: "The style of the future"? The vicissitudes of modernism in Los Angeles, by Wim de Wit; Professional and educational discourse: training the next generation of architects in Los Angeles, by Ken Breisch; Across the Pacific: Los Angeles as a catalyst for architectural change in East Asia, by Jeffrey W. Cody; Latin America and Los Angeles: architectural exchanges, by Hugo Segawa and Fernando Atique; Preserving modern architecture in Los Angeles, by Susan Macdonald; DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES: Suburban landscapes of Los Angeles, by Becky Nicolaides; Domestic speculation: architects and builders in postwar Los Angeles, by Dana Cuff; Experimental jet set: aerospace and the modern house in Los Angeles, by Dana Hutt; ENGINEERED AUDACITY: LAX: designing for the jet age, by Vanessa R. Schwartz; Architecture industry: the L.A. Ten, by Stephen Phillips; Everyday entertainment: post-postwar life in the San Gabriel valley, by Chris Nichols. Size: Oblong. …

Paperback. Condition: NEW. 72 pages, chiefly illustrations; 17 cm. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. *** "The American architectural photographer Julius Shulman (1910-2009) is one of the few image makers to have documented, as well as witnessed, nearly an entire century of Los Angeles history. His captivating photographs serve as a visual record of the dramatic evolution of this exciting and diverse metropolis. Shulman's best-known images consist of mid-century views of Modernist domestic interiors, notably the iconic Case Study House #22 of 1960, in which two well-dressed women sit inside the floor-to-ceiling window walls of a Pierre Koenig-designed house that seems to float like a spaceship over the light-spangled urban sprawl beyond. Not as well known but equally powerful are Shulman's images of Union Station and downtown's vintage office buildings, the dynamic Wilshire Boulevard corridor, the region's eclectic coffee shops and movie theaters, the sweeping canopy of the Century Plaza Hotel, the diverse fabric of L.A.'s residential neighborhoods, and the panoramic vistas of the city of the future under construction. The author selected sixty images from the Getty Research Institute's Shulman archive for this elegant book, for which he also wrote an informative essay on the photographer's exceptional capacity to capture the diverse built environment of Los Angeles." - Publisher. Size: 12mo.…

DVD. Condition: Used - Good.

dvd. Condition: Used - Good.

DVD. Condition: Used - Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. HARDCOVER Acceptable - This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. Oversized.

Condition: New. pp. 72.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Covers slightly rubbed, head of spine creased.