Bay Area Style: San Francisco Bay Region Houses [Hardcover]

David Weingarten (Author), Alan Weintraub (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 27, 2004

The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most beautiful and romantic spots in America, and for over a hundred years some of the country's greatest architects have graced the region with their work. Bay Area Style houses exhibit a distinct and frequently dramatic relationship to the out-of-doors while suggesting a feeling of informality. Emerging from the California Craftsman Style, these houses use natural materials, including wood and river stone.
Bay Area Style showcases a variety of the most extraordinary homes from this remarkable region and spans more than a century, revealing the development of a rich tradition. These houses capture the spirit of the place and embody the region's unique style. Featured are houses by architectural luminaries Ernest Coxhead, Bernard Maybeck, Julia Morgan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Raphael Soriano, and Charles Moore, among others.

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The Bay Area is famous for breathtaking beauty, which over the years has been incorporated into great architectural works, including the houses featured in this book. The Bay Area aesthetic is one that places great emphasis on nature, the out-of-doors, and informality. Natural materials, local woods, and great craftsmanship are exhibited in harmonizing these homes with their natural environments. Yet the architecture is quite unique in its own right, with California-based architects exhibiting an eclectic sense of style and place. From Berkeley Hill to San Mateo, San Francisco Bay to Big Sur, great design is blended into the area's natural beauty. The variety of styles and settings include hillside homes, a studio, a lodge, and Arts and Craft homes with a studied informality or modern and progressive styles in a picturesque context. The photographs feature interiors and challenge one to draw the lines of residential boundaries. Vernon Ford
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About the Author

Alan Weintraub is the photographer of Rizzoli's The Architecture of John Lautner and the forthcoming Houses of Frank Lloyd Wright.
David Weingarten is a writer and practicing architect in San Francisco.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Rizzoli (November 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0847826406
• ISBN-13: 978-0847826407
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 1 x 11.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #930,591 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent inspirational guide for homeowner/builders as well, August 11, 2005

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This review is from: Bay Area Style: San Francisco Bay Region Houses (Hardcover)

In Bay Area Style, designated houses of the San Francisco Bay area are profiled in a stunning photo display and collection which could just as easily been featured in our Art column, but deserves profile here as an excellent inspirational guide for homeowner/builders as well. San Francisco enjoys a host of exceptional architects drawn to the region's diversity, and their works are represented in a selection of homes emerging from California's Craftsman Style. Works by Frank Lloyd Wright, Julia Morgan and more are captured by architectural photographer Alan Weintraub while accompanying comments provide identification and background briefs. Interiors and exteriors alike are profiled, making for a gorgeous coverage.