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Houses of the sundown sea : the architectural vision of Harry Gesner / Lisa Germany ; new photography by Juergen Nogai.
LIBRA NA737.G48 G47 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Germany, Lisa.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gesner, Harry (Harry Harmer), 1925---Criticism and interpretation.
- Gesner, Harry.
- Gesner, Harry (Harry Harmer), 1925-.
- Architecture, Domestic--California, Southern--History--20th century.
- Architecture, Domestic.
- Architecture, Domestic--California, Southern--History--21st century.
- History.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Southern California.
- Physical Description:
- 240 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 32 cm
- Other Title:
- Architectural vision of Harry Gesner
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Abrams, 2012.
- Contents:
- The imprint
- The War as fulcrum : Lake Arrowhead before and after
- A journeyman by day, architect by night : the first years
- Of ridges, canyons, and cliffs
- Sculptural forces : the Cooper "Wave House"
- "Tuning in and free wheeling"
- Turn of the decade : and the tale of the lost negatives
- Seeking the picturesque and sublime : grottoes, caves, and hidden treasures
- The circle comes 'round again : Sandcastle rises from the beach
- At home in Malibu : the sea as muse
- Icons revisited : "the sumptuous Ridge-Crest"
- How the arch house became Ravenseye : the spy who came in from the cold
- Epilogue. "Lust for life."
- ISBN:
- 9781419700491
- 1419700499
- OCLC:
- 705568498
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