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Author
Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Arthur Elrod was the most successful interior designer working in the Palm Springs area from 1954 to 1974. His forward-thinking midcentury interior design appeared in primary homes, second houses, third houses, spec houses, country clubs, and experimental houses?in the desert and across the US. He was charming, handsome, and worked tirelessly for his A-list clientele, such as Lucille Ball and Walt Disney. Perhaps his most famous work was done in his...
Author
Series
Berkeley/design/books ; no. 7
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press Limited
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Los Angeles photographer Marvin Rand created iconic images of some of the most celebrated architectural creations of his time, photographing buildings by the likes of Modernist masters Craig Ellwood, Louis Kahn, and Frank Lloyd Wright to capture the essence of their work - and, in doing so, played a critical role in shaping the Mid-Century California style now worshiped the world over. The discovery of Rand's archive has brought a treasure trove...
Author
Publisher
Pavilion Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Lost San Francisco takes readers on a journey back to the buildings, parks, stadia, ferries — even cemetaries and prisoners — that time and progress have swept aside. It revisits the building where fortunes were made, where momentous events unfolded and where San Franciscans went to enjoy themselves, like Seals Stadium or Playland at the Beach. The single biggest moment of loss occurred on April 18, 1906, when the great earthquake that rocked...
