SUNSET PATIO BOOK (1952)

LOADED WITH GORGEOUS B&W PHOTOS AND DESIGN PLANS FOR MID CENTURY MODERN OUTDOOR PATIOS. BOOK FOCUSES ON "OUTDOOR LIVING ROOMS" AND ENJOYMENT OF THE OUTDOORS.

CONTAINS DESIGNS BY FAMOUS ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS OF THE ERA INCLUDING CLIFF MAY, WURSTER, BERNARDI & EMMONS, THOMAS CHURCH, GARRETT ECKBO OF ECKBO, ROYSTON & WILLIAMS, LAWRENCE HALPRIN, OSMUNDSON - STALEY, WILLIAM HEMPEL, JOHN LLOYD WRIGHT GEORGE ROCKRISE, AND MORE.

BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY BY ERNEST BRAUN AND JULIUS SHULMAN.

CONTENTS: PLANNING, ORIENTATION TO THE SUN, SIZE, TIE IT IN WITH THE HOUSE, FIT INTO THE GARDEN PLAN, DETACHED SHELTERS, PLAYGROUND, HILLSIDE PATIOS, STRUCTURE, PAVEMENTS, FENCES WALLS, ROOFS FOR SUN AND SHADE, BLOCK WIND COOLING A PATIO PATIO, POOLS, HEATING A PATIO FIREPITS BARBEQUES, LIGHTING, PLANTING SHADE TREES VINES CONTAINER PLANTINGS, EXTENDING WITH THE LANAI, PRACTICAL MATTERS, HOW TO CONVERT A PATIO TO A LANAI, ELECTRICITY, PATIO FURNITURE, RADIANT HEAT, HOW TO BUILD GARDEN POOLS, PATIO - LAWN BUILDING, PLANTING SHADE TREE.