The four men who are the subject of this book were all trained in the traditional European mode, but in transferring their ideas from Europe to the American West, they incorporated rustic vernacular precedents and local materials to create the distinct style of the San Francisco Bay area.
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"Longstreth reveals to us how inventive and important were the contributions of these four architects to American Beaux-Arts classicism."
— David Gebhard, Journal of The Society of Architectural Historians
"Solidly referenced and photographically engaging, this work reinforces California's architectural 'Mason Dixon Line'."
—Stanley Tigerman
"Before modern architects began coating the earth's surface with a PeptoBismol of homogenous glass, steel, and concrete buildings, their forebears often concocted regional brews mixing local building traditions, European precedents, and indigenous materials with new technologies. Historian Richard Longstreth focuses on the intoxicating contributions of four architects Ernest Coxhead, Willis Polk, A C. Schweinfurth, and Bernard Maybeck."
—Vanity Fair --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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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).
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This is the only book I have found with highly detailed information about Ernest Coxhead, Willis Polk and A.C. Schweinfurth. The other architect featured here is Bernard Maybeck, who has been written about in other books. This book is excellent at showing how the works of these four architects were influenced by their mentors, such as A. Page Brown, Mckim, Mead & White, Daniel Burnham, and how their work influenced each other into what was to be known as the San Francisco Bay Regional style. As any architecture book should be, it is well illustrated with photos and drawings of the works of these architects, as well as examples of buildings that influenced them.
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ECLECTIC ARCHITECTURE created in the United States between the 1880s and 1930s was characterized by a new degree of inclusiveness that represented a major shift in the way American approached design. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
design date unknown, rustic city house, rustic expression, academic eclecticism, eclectic diversity, modern cosmopolis, programmatic conditions, academic movement, speculative houses, regional mode, pronounced departure, rustic houses, four architects, rustic ambience, rustic design, vernacular sources, supervising architect, contract notices, living hall, regional expression, regional qualities, classical details, academic principles Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, New York, United States, Page Brown, Shingle Style, Bay Area, Willis Polk, West Coast, Courtesy John Beach, East Coast, Bernard Maybeck, Documents Collection, San Franciscans, Mill Valley, Kim Spurgeon Fly, Russian Hill, The Bend, Van Brunt, Beaux Arts, Empire Cottage, Los Angeles, High Victorian, Columbian Exposition, New England, Bruce Porter New!
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design date unknown, rustic city house, rustic expression, academic eclecticism, eclectic diversity, modern cosmopolis, programmatic conditions, academic movement, speculative houses, regional mode, pronounced departure, rustic houses, four architects, rustic ambience, rustic design, vernacular sources, supervising architect, contract notices, living hall, regional expression, regional qualities, classical details, academic principles Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, New York, United States, Page Brown, Shingle Style, Bay Area, Willis Polk, West Coast, Courtesy John Beach, East Coast, Bernard Maybeck, Documents Collection, San Franciscans, Mill Valley, Kim Spurgeon Fly, Russian Hill, The Bend, Van Brunt, Beaux Arts, Empire Cottage, Los Angeles, High Victorian, Columbian Exposition, New England, Bruce Porter New!
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- American Buildings and Their Architects: Volume 4: Progressive and Academic Ideals at the Turn of the Century (Oxford Paperbacks) by William H. Jordy in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Imperial San Francisco: Politics and Planning in an American City, 1897-1906 by Judd Kahn in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Toward a Simpler Way of Life: The Arts and Crafts Architects of California by Robert Winter on 5 pages
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- From Craft to Profession: The Practice of Architecture in Nineteenth-Century America by Mary N. Woods in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- An Everyday Modernism: The Houses of William Wurster by Marc Treib on page 76, and Back Matter
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