Wallace Neff and the grand houses of the Golden State / Diane Kanner.

Main entry:

Kanner, Diane.

Title & Author:

Wallace Neff and the grand houses of the Golden State / Diane Kanner.

Publication:

New York, NY : Monacelli Press, 2005.

Description:

248 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index.
Coming to California -- Lemon Grove gamble, La Mirada dreams -- Pasadena rites -- The Grand Tour and back -- Santa Barbara interlude -- Building on ballyhoo -- Public notice -- The search for the style of wealth -- Tuscan Pasadena -- Louise -- Adobe days -- Architect to the stars -- Pickfair -- Putting it together -- Going Hollywood on a shoestring -- Costarring the European Provincial and the American Colonial Revivals -- Fighting back -- The diva, the car dealer, and the Doheny Library -- The bubble house -- We moved there because you could smell orange blossoms -- Father of the showcase house.

Summary:

This significant architect was raised as Southern California aristocracy, as an heir to one of the founders of Rand McNally & Company, and grew up to influence the course of architectural history in California. Illustrated with archival photographs that document Neff's family life and professional accomplishments, journalist Diane Kanner's narrative offers a behind-the-scenes look at the development of residential architecture in Southern California.--From publisher description.

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Publisher description
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ISBN:

1580931634
9781580931632

Subject:

Neff, Wallace, 1895-1982.
Neff, Wallace, 1895-
Neff, Wallace.
Architects California Biography.
Architecture, Domestic California.
Eclecticism in architecture California.
Architectes Californie Biographies.
Architecture domestique Californie.
Éclectisme en architecture Californie.
Architects
Architecture, Domestic
Eclecticism in architecture
Architektur
California
Kalifornien

Form/genre:

Biography.
Biographies

Added entries:

Neff, Wallace, 1895-1982.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 242249
Call No.: BIB 172050
Status: Available

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