Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth with spine and cover stamped in silver. Illustrated throughout with photographs in color and black and white. 10 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches. 180 pages.

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Titre

Palm Springs Weekend; The Architecture and Design of a Midcentury Oasis

�diteur

Chronicle, San Francisco

Date de parution

2001

Langue

anglais

ISBN � 10 chiffres

0811828042

ISBN � 13 chiffres

9780811828048

Reliure

Hardcover

�tat de l'article

Fine

�tat de la jaquette

Fine

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This is the first book to reveal the eccentric treasure trove of commercial, civic, and domestic architecture that makes Palm Springs a true oasis of progressive design. Not merely regarded as a Hollywood playground, golf enclave, or retirement mecca, Palm Springs is also a bastion of idiosyncratic modernism that is unparalleled in the world. Creating stunning homes and an impressive array of other buildings in the middle of the desert, such masters as Albert Frey, Richard Neutra, John Lautner, R. M. Schindler, Donald Wexler, and Lloyd Wright exercised their creative potential there. Palm Springs Weekend explores everything from the grandiose, such as Neutra's Kaufmann house, to the more humble features of the city--motels, trailer homes, and the ubiquitous metal and concrete sunscreens that shade them. Filled with hundreds of archival and contemporary photographs, elevations, and vintage ephemera, Palm Springs Weekend reveals an inimitable city where modern design, Hollywood glamour, and the desolate drama of the desert coalesce.

� propos de l?auteur

Andrew Danish an art director and designer, and principal of Danish Modern. He lives in Oakland, California.

Alan Hess is architecture critic of the San Jose Mercury News and the author of numerous books, including Palm Springs Weekend (0-8118-2804-2) and Rancho Deluxe (0-8118-2420-9). He divides his time between Northern California and Michigan.

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