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Houses of Los Angeles, 1885-1919 (Urban Domestic Architecture Series) (Urban Domestic Architecture Series)
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Manufacturer: Acanthus Press
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With the completion of the American railroads in the 1880s and the publicity that followed, Los Angeles business elite lured Easterners and Midwesterners to Americas recently conceived Eden. A city of farms and groves was transformed into a city of houses. From Pasadena to Santa Monica, diverse architecture revealed the independent spirit of early residents. Queen Anne-, Arts and Crafts,- Beaux-Arts-, Moorish- and Mission-style houses were designed by the citys first generation of trained architects. Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey, Greene & Greene, Robert D. Farquhar, and Alfred F. Rosenheim initiated Los Angeles engagement with national and international architectural developments.
Los Angeles Houses, 1885-1919 is a portrait of where and how Angelenos lived in and around downtown before the city was transformed by the grand scale residential developments of the 1920s. 38 of the early Los Angeles houses are profiled with over 350 archival duotone photographs and landscape and floor plans, brought together for the first time.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 728.0979494
EAN: 9780926494305
ISBN: 0926494309
Label: Acanthus Press
Manufacturer: Acanthus Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2007-10-01
Publisher: Acanthus Press
Release Date: 2007-10-01
Studio: Acanthus Press
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Well done -
I bought the book for my husband for Christmas. He loves it. He is a native of Pasadena, California and has always loved the houses of this era. The history of each home is well done as well as the photography. Would love to see more books like this one to even include smaller, post WWII housing. They all have a unique style.
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This two-volume study of historic Los Angeles houses from 1885 to 1935 is brilliant. The writing is excellent - witty and insightful and the historic photos are superb. Highly recommended.
CITY OF ANGELS -
These books from Acanthus Press are always so elegant and well done and this one is no exception. The images are well crafted, you cant help but appreciate how crisp and clear they are. The text is informative, it's not a scholarly thesis, but then again, that's really not what is called for here, you get enough information to appreciate the house being discussed and get a breif synopsis; perfect. This book along with it's companion volumn is a must have if you have any interest in this genre. Highly recommended.
CALIFORNIA DREAMING -
As with all the books Acanthus Press puts out this one is fantastic. The images are crisp and beautifully executed and the text is well layed out and flows well. Los Angeles is graced with many elegant pre war mansions and this book showcases some of the best, although some of the houses picked are perplexing, and some omissions were shocking, like the Warner estate; but Greystone, Green Acres, and the Paley house are included and they are probably the most famous houses in L.A...I had wished to see more of Paul Williams work, I loved his California Regency houses, they are the very definition of the L.A. mansion, I guess his house for the Paley's will have to suffice. If you have an interest in Los Angeles, grand residental architecture, or just appreciate fine books, then I can't imagine you not loving this book. Yes, these books are expensive, but if any book is worth this amount of money, it's this one.
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This volume completes the two volume set. It is a superb book showing the golden age if residential architecture in Los Angeles. Los Angeles was an emerging meca in paradise during those years and architect had free reign to design structures in any style that had ever existed, plus creating some new and bold styles of their own. These books are a must for all architects, interior designers, landscape designers, historians and anyone interested in architecture and life style.
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