Germany, Lisa.
Houses of the sundown sea : the architectural vision of Harry Gesner / Lisa Germany ; new photography by Juergen Nogai.
New York : Abrams, 2012.
240 pages : chiefly color illustrations, portraits, plans ; 32 cm
"For more than 60 years, passersby have strained to catch a glimpse of maverick architect Harry Gesner's houses in Southern California. This is the first book to examine Gesner's architecture, tracing his career from 1945 to the present and opening the doors to 15 of Gesner's intriguing homes, all located in or near Los Angeles and built in the 1950s and 1960s. An insightful and revealing text accompanies new photography by Juergen Nogai along with historical photographs and Gesner's own drawings, floor plans, and blueprints drawn from his remarkably rich archive. Gesner's utterly unique, often eccentric and unorthodox designs are outside the canons of doctrinaire modernism, yet he is undoubtedly a Modernist, and one whose romantic, quixotic nature has caused his truly extraordinary body of work to be overlooked by many - until now."--Publisher's description.
1419700499 (hbk.)
9781419700491 (hbk.)
Gesner, Harry (Harry Harmer), 1925- Criticism and interpretation.
Gesner, Harry (Harry Harmer), 1925-
Architecture, Domestic California, Southern History 21st century.
Architecture, Domestic California, Southern History 20th century.
Architecture and Planning.
Architecture, Domestic.
Southern California.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Nogai, Jürgen.
Gesner, Harry (Harry Harmer), 1925-
Architectural vision of Harry Gesner
Location: Library main 278237
Call No.: BIB 213784
Status: Available
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