FIVE CALIFORNIA ARCHITECTS BY ESTHER MCCOY, WITH A CHAPTER BY RANDELL L MAKINSON. FIRST EDITION 1960,. HARDCOVER WITH DUSTJACKET. 8.5X10.5". 200 PAGES.

" THE FIVE ARCHITECTS, BERNARD MAYBECK, IRVING GILL, THE BROTHERS CHARLES AND HENRY GREENE, AND R.M. SCHINDLER WHOSE WORK AND LIVES ARE PRESENTED HERE WERE SEMINAL FIGURES IN AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE. EACH OF THEM DEVISED AN ORIGINAL STYLE THAT HAS HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON YOUNGER GENERATIONS OF AMERICAN ARCHITECTS".

LOADED WITH B&W ILLUSTRATIONS , FLOOR PLANS, ELEVATIONS THROUGHOUT THE BOOK. FEATURES CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH , PALACE OF FINE ARTS , SAN FRANCISCO BY MAYBECK; THE MILTIMORE HOUSE , SOUTH PASADENA ; DODGE HOUSE , LA BY GILL; CULBERTON HOUSE, GAMBLE HOUSE, PASADENA, BLACKER HOUSE , PASADENA BY THE GREENES. KINGS ROAD HOUSE, PUEBLO RIBERA , LA JOLLA WILLIAM OLIVER HOUSE , LA. DAUGHERTY HOUSE , ENCINO. LECHNER HOUSE NORTH HOLLYWOOD. TOOLE DESERT HOUSE, PALM VILLAGE. TISCLER HOUSE , JANSON HOUSE BY SCHINDLER, AND MORE!

FIVE CALIFORNIA ARCHITECTS BY ESTHER MCCOY (1960)