Author / Artist:
Esherick, Joseph - Marc Treib
Subtitles / Reproduction:
The Houses of Joseph Esherick
Keyword:
Architektur - ArchitektInnen
Binding / Picture Size:
Kart. m. OU
Place of publishing:
San Francisco
Year of publication:
2008
Book Details / Size:
4°, 262 S., zahlr., meist farb. Abb., Pläne
Condition:
OU min. gebräunt u. etw. gebrauchsspurig, Buch tadellos.
Description:
EA. (= Berkeley Design-Books, Bd. 4). - «The complete designs of Joseph Esherick, one of San Francisco's foremost architects from the 1960s through his death in the late 1990s. Esherick is best known for high-profile public buildings, such as The Cannery at Fisherman's Wharf, the 1968 re-imagining of the old DelMonte cannery that is one of the earliest examples of adaptive re-use of industrial buildings, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. He also produced a laudable stream of truly classic California homes, influenced less by fashion than by the demands of climate, social structure and suitable technology. A beautifully illustrated book from the distinguished UC»