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On the Edge of the World: Four Architects in San Francisco at the Turn of the Century by Richard Longstreth (Author)

On the Edge of the World: Four Architects in San Francisco at the Turn of the Century by Richard Longstreth (Author)

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On the Edge of the World: Four Architects in San Francisco at the Turn of the Century by Richard Longstreth (Author)

ISBN: 0520214153    EAN: 9780520214156
US SRP: $47.95 US 
Binding: Paperback
Copyright Date: 1998
Pub Date: May 18, 1998
Physical Info: 0.89" H x 10.01" L x 7.04" W (1.82 lbs) 455 pages

Richard Longstreth provides a detailed picture of 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.

Richard Longstreth is Professor of American Civilization and Director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, George Washington University. His most recent book is City Center to Regional Mall: Architecture, the Automobile, and Retailing in Los Angeles, 1920-1950 (1997).

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