On the Edge of the World - Four Architects in San Francisco at the Turn of the Century

1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-520-21415-6
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 455 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 179 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 826 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Longstreth, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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).