On the edge of the world : four architects in San Francisco at the turn of the century / Richard Longstreth.

Main entry:

Longstreth, Richard W.

Title & Author:

On the edge of the world : four architects in San Francisco at the turn of the century / Richard Longstreth.

Publication:

Description:

xiv, 455 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Series:

American monograph series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-418) and index.
Academic eclecticism : the question of style -- Training : London, New York, Paris -- San Francisco : the modern cosmopolis -- Transition : a few young men -- Coxhead and Polk : the rustic city house -- Coxhead and Polk : rustic suburban and country houses -- Coxhead and Polk : large city and country houses -- Coxhead and Polk : civic projects -- Schweinfurth : the cause of regional expression -- At the turn of the century : the new San Francisco -- Maybeck : the struggle for brief moments of eternal conciliation

Summary:

This book covers the early careers of four architects--Bernard Maybeck, Willis Polk, Ernest Coxhead, and A.C. Schweinfurth--who had a decisive impact on the course of design in the San Francisco Bay Area and who stand as significant contributors to American architecture.

ISBN:

026212100X
9780262121002
0520214153 (pbk.)
9780520214156 (pbk.)

Subject:

Eclecticism in architecture California San Francisco.
Architecture California San Francisco History 19th century.
Éclectisme en architecture Californie San Francisco.
Architecture Californie San Francisco 19e siècle.
Architecture Californie San Francisco Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture.
Buildings.
Eclecticism in architecture.
San Francisco (Calif.) Buildings, structures, etc.
San Francisco (Calif.) Constructions.
California San Francisco.
California San Francisco Bay area Architecture, 1890-1901

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

American monograph series (Architectural History Foundation (New York, N.Y.))

Holdings:

Location: Library main 14103
Call No.: PO2126; ID:87-B15218
Status: Available

Location: Library main 14104
Call No.: PO2685; ID:87-B15218
Status: Available

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