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From the ground up : building Silicon Valley / by Goodwin B. Steinberg with Susan Wolfe.
LIBRA NA730.C22 S268 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steinberg, Goodwin B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--20th century.
- Architecture.
- Regional planning--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County).
- Regional planning.
- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--History.
- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.).
- California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County).
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 134 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- This is the story of a man whose 50-year career- and thousands of architectural projects- helped transform an area of farms and ranches to the economic engine named Silicon Valley.
- Contents:
- 1. Architect in Training 1
- 2. Why People Came Here 9
- 3. Opportunity in the Early Years: Land and Industrial Buildings 13
- 4. Growth: Its Challenges and Opportunities 27
- 5. California Architecture and Custom Homes: Shaping a Way of Life 39
- 6. From Building Business to Building Community 75
- 7. Silicon Valley Values 107.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0804745293
- OCLC:
- 49530260
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