Buff & Hensman

Hensman, Donald C.

ISBN 10: 1890449245 / ISBN 13: 9781890449247

Published by Balcony Press, Los Angeles, California, 2004

About this Item

256 pp., introduction by Alex Moseley, chapter essays by editor James Steele (signature on half-title page), profusely illustrated with photos by Julius Shulman (signature on half title page and on page 121) and inscribed by Dennis Smith (last partner of Buff & Hensman) on title page; floor and site plans and profiles, chronology of projects and index. Laid in: Envelope with publication fundraising card with photo of Buff & Hensman, an 8 page pamphlet advertising the "Celebrating Buff and Hensman" Tour of Five Homes in Pasadena. DJ in protective mylar cover. Scarce. Seller Inventory # 012603

Bibliographic Details

Title: Buff & Hensman

Publisher: Balcony Press, Los Angeles, California

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine +

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

California architects Conrad Buff and Donald Hensman produced an impressive catalog of work over their long partnership, including a contribution to "Art & Architecture" magazine's Case Study House Program, celebrity homes, and Ronald Reagan's Governor's Mansion. Buff and Hensman's houses epitomized the increasingly casual lifestyle that revolutionized social habits across the United States in the 1960s. An almost perfect climate in and around Los Angeles made it possible for the architects to develop a wood-frame and glass-panel architecture that lends seamlessly with its surroundings. When California building code forced a change in their design methodology, they began a new phase of their creative life that reinvigorated their practice. This book is the first comprehensive look at their achievement, and includes commentary on their most important projects as well as a complete chronology of all of their work.

About the Author:

James Steele has been an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles since 1991.