FREESTYLE - The New Architecture and Design from Los Angeles

Tim Street-Porter (Author-Photographer); Pilar Viladas

ISBN 10: 0941434915 / ISBN 13: 9780941434911

Published by Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York, NY, 1986

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Text/NEW & Bright. Lavender linen boards/Fine showing trace edge fading. Laminated DJ/VG w/trace edge wear, and poorly applied tape reinforcement to lower front corner. PO name to fEP. 1986 First Edition, 3rd Printing. Review of a fresh, unique approaches, begun in the 1970s, by a new school of Los Angeles architects dedicated to free spirited esthetics in designs, and often incorporating structured interior design in their works. Color plates w/commentaries from architectural student & acclaimed photographer,Tim Street-Porter (1939 -) show how a closer bond between architecture & occupant's mode of daily life was achieved. 239 pgs. w/color photos, in 2 parts: I, The Heritage (Pilar Viladas); II, The New Wave (Pilar Viladas): Chapter 1, Two Additions; 2, Venice; 3, Hollywood; 4, Artists in Residence; 5, Along the Beaches; and 6, West Side Stories, followed by an Afterword by Paul Goldberger.

Seller Inventory # 019093

Bibliographic Details

• Title: FREESTYLE - The New Architecture and Design from Los Angeles
• Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0941434915
• ISBN 13: 9780941434911
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Tim Street-Porter (Author-Photographer)
• Edition: First Edition, 3rd Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Arts & Crafts

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Synopsis

Inside and outside, Los Angeles is America's laboratory for radical design. This is an introduction to a prominent and provocative group of West Coast architects and designers whose work has redefined the look of contemporary American design. It includes the work of Frank Gehry, Eric Moss, Brian Murphy, Thom Mayne and Michael Rotondi.