San Francisco Modern: Interiors, Architecture & Design

Zahid Sardar

ISBN 10: 0811819655 / ISBN 13: 9780811819657

Published by Chronicle Books, 1998

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Hardback book (204 pages)beautifully illustrated with numerous color photographs. Light rubbing/scuffing on dust jacket. International shipping will require additional charge. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2-BS-10-Top-L) rareviewbooks. Seller Inventory # RVB09181805

Bibliographic Details

Title: San Francisco Modern: Interiors, ...

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Publication Date: 1998

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

San Francisco Modern is the first book to su rvey modernism as it is seen in many Bay Area residences. In this tour of the Bay Area''s homes, Sardar unveils 32 premie r examples of modernist exteriors and interiors. '

Review:

Reviews From: House & Garden San Francisco Examiner From: House & Garden Eames lounge chairs are not the only thing the houses in Zahid Sardar's San Francisco Modern have in common. Happily, they are also united by their breezy ability to meld the indoors and out. From Dan Friedlander's chic SOMA compound to a cozy Russian River ranch by Jonathan Staub, Bay Area living has never looked so truly inviting. From: San Francisco Examiner San Francisco Modern is an elegantly written, beautifully shot tome on a subject that breaks new ground for the local scene. While most San Francisco architectural writing has focused on the city's gingerbread, Victorian houses of yore, Sardar's book takes a clear-eyed, hard-edged look at trend-breaking homes of the future, as conceived by such local notables as Jim Jennings, Stanley Saitowitz, Mark Mack and Richard Fernau, among others. With a foreword by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art architect Mario Botta and a historical introduction that draws parallels between today's modernists and such West Coast predecessors as Irving Morrow, designer of the Golden Gate Bridge, William Wurster and the suburban houses done for Palo Alto developer Joseph Eichler, San Francisco Modern is a freshly conceived, smartly designed addition to the literature--and look--of California architecture, and the relationship it bears to its beautiful surroundings.