FREESTYLE - The New Architecture and Design from Los Angeles

Tim Street-Porter (Author-Photographer); Pilar Viladas

ISBN 10: 0941434915 / ISBN 13: 9780941434911

Published by Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York, NY, 1986

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Text/NEW & Bright. Lavender linen boards/Fine showing trace edge fading. Laminated DJ/VG w/trace edge wear, and poorly applied tape reinforcement to lower front corner. PO name to fEP. 1986 First Edition, 3rd Printing. Review of a fresh, unique approaches, begun in the 1970s, by a new school of Los Angeles architects dedicated to free spirited esthetics in designs, and often incorporating structured interior design in their works. Color plates w/commentaries from architectural student & acclaimed photographer,Tim Street-Porter (1939 -) show how a closer bond between architecture & occupant's mode of daily life was achieved. 239 pgs. w/color photos, in 2 parts: I, The Heritage (Pilar Viladas); II, The New Wave (Pilar Viladas): Chapter 1, Two Additions; 2, Venice; 3, Hollywood; 4, Artists in Residence; 5, Along the Beaches; and 6, West Side Stories, followed by an Afterword by Paul Goldberger.

Seller Inventory # 019093

Bibliographic Details

• Title: FREESTYLE - The New Architecture and Design from Los Angeles
• Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0941434915
• ISBN 13: 9780941434911
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Tim Street-Porter (Author-Photographer)
• Edition: First Edition, 3rd Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fine Arts, Art History, Art Criticism
  • Arts & Crafts
  • Design, Industrial, Interior, Fashion, Graphic ...

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Synopsis

Exhibits the architectural and interior designs of a new wave of young Californian architects and graphic designers

Reviews

The architectural and design styles explored here sprang up in the late 1970s, largely influenced by the renovation of an old house by architect Frank Gehry that used corrugated metal and chain-link fence as elements of design, not temporary construction materials. From that house has emerged a style that seems less a school of design than a state of mindwhimsical, bright, perhaps slightly anarchistic. It is called "new wave" and is tempered by a Punk aesthetic. It combines with the Memphis style and is unmistakably Californian. Among the best examples of this style are the Petal House, an older home whose roof was renovated and "exploded" outward to resemble open flower petals, making way for a Jacuzzi, and a series of cubical studios topped by pyramids. A clean, admirable text that is free of "art babble" complements the beautiful color photography reminiscent of the House & Garden style (author-photographer Street-Porter is a regular contributor). Although this is a strikingly attractive book, it is somewhat incongruous that such an unconventional subject is covered in such an ordinary format. First serial to Metropolitan Home and California Magazine.
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