Casa California: Spanish-Style Houses from Santa Barbara to San Clemente Format:Hardcover Introducing the best young-designers-to-be whether

Introducing the best young-designers-to-be whether rule-breakers or defenders of tradition upcoming architects design buildings and infrastructure that will define our cities for years to come

Authored by noted architectural scholars Alberto P̩rez-GÌ

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A mecca for the international jet set that lured Frank Sinatra Walter Annenberg and others Palm Springs came into its own architecturally as a haven for visionary modernists such as Richard Neutra who were practicing the International Style in Los Angeles

For almost 20 years Sears Roebuck and Company purveyed the materials for complete prefabricated houses providing thousands of Americans with attractive and comfortable low-cost dwellings

Casa California: Spanish-Style Houses from Santa Barbara to San Clemente Format:Hardcover Introducing the best young-designers-to-be whetherThe Spanish style architecture of Southern California's seaside estates canyon villas and courtyard bungalows is central to its romantic image one that has traditionally evoked a Mediterranean paradise. The details of this inexhaustively rich style ornate wrought iron and wood balconies colorful tiles graceful arches and palm dotted gardens reflect the region's Spanish Mexican and southwestern history and culture as well as its popular outdoor