1998, ISBN: 9780520214156

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998. xiv, 455 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear. "Richard Longstreth provides a … Meer...

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998. xiv, 455 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear. "Richard Longstreth provides a detailed picture of the early careers of four architects--Bernard Maybeck, Willis Polk, Ernest Coxhead, and A.C. Schweinfurth--who had a decisive impact on the course of design in the San Francisco Bay Area and who stand as significant contributors to American architecture. / Richard Longstreth is Professor of American Civilization and Director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, George Washington University. His most recent book is City Center to Regional Mall: Architecture, the Automobile, and Retailing in Los Angeles, 1920-1950 (1997)." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; I Academic Eclecticism: The Question of Style; II Training: London, New York, Paris; III San Francisco: The Modern Cosmopolis; IV Transition: A Few Young Men; V Coxhead and Polk: The Rustic City House; VI Coxhead and Polk: Rustic Suburban and Country Houses; VII Coxhead and Polk: Large City and Country Houses; VIII Coxhead and Polk: Civic Projects; IX Schweinfurth: The Cause of Regional Expression; X At the Turn of the Century: The New San Francisco; XI Maybeck: The Struggle for Brief Moments of Eternal Conciliation; Notes; Bibliography; List of Buildings and Projects; Index.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to., University of California Press, 1998, 3<