A Guide to Architecture in Southern California.

Gebhard, David; Winter, Robert.

Published by Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 1965

About this Item

A Guide to Architecture in Southern California. by David Gebhard, & Robert Winter, Thick photo illustrated wrappers. 164 pp. 80 pages of black and white plates. Laminated wrappers Published by Los Angeles County Museum of Art., 1965. 1st edition. Southern California is divided into 14 zones with a map of each zone serving as chapter breaks. This small volume was designed to educate the public on the wide varieties of modern architecture being practiced in Southern California (circa 1965) and it survives as a phenomenal design object of the era. Julius Shulman's photography makes a booklet that truly embodies the spirit of the age -- highly recommended. Includes photographs of buildings by Irving Gill, Greene And Greene, Frank Lloyd Wright, Elmer Grey, George Harris, Hudson Thomas, Bertram Goodhue, George Washington Smith, Carleton Winslow, Bernard Maybeck, R. M. Schindler, Simon Rodia, James Osborne Craig, Lloyd Wright, John Byer, Albert Martin, Lilian Rice, Myron Hunt, Henry Oliver, Richard Neutra, William Moser, Wallace Neff, William Gray Purcell, Evera Van Bailey, A. Lawrence Kocher, Albert Frey, Walter Wurdeman, Harwell Hamilton Harris, Thornton Abell, William Lescaze, Raphael Soriano, Richard Requa, Gregory Ain, J. R. Davidson, Rodney Walker, Welton Becket, John Rex, Carl Maston, Milton Caughey, Charles Eames, Edla Muir, Craig Ellwood, John Lautner, Eero Saarinen, Gordon Drake, Sim Bruce Richards, Lutah Riggs, A. Quincy Jones, Frederick Emmons, William Wurster, Pierre Koenig, Killingsworth, Brady And Smith, Paul Tuttle, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, and others. "some cover wear, generally very good".

Seller Inventory # BOT-157

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Guide to Architecture in Southern California.
• Publisher: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
• Publication Date: 1965
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 4.75W x 6.75H x 1D inches 4.75 inches width by 6.75 inches height by 1 inches depth
• Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • California and the West Coast
  • Architecture
  • Historical