Buildings of the Bay Area; A Guide to the Architecture of the San Francisco Bay Region

Published by Grove Press, New York, 1960

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Cream pictorial DJ with yellow red and black printing; octavo in glossy photographic wraps; maps; illustrations; unnumbered pages (approx 95p). Beginning with the scarce "Annual Convention of the American Institute of Architecture, San Francisco, California, April 18 through April 22, 1960" dust jacket designed by noted Bay Region graphic designer and architect Ernest Born, this volume is a treat -- illustrations, commentary and maps provide a concise and multifarious panorama of the architecture and history of famous buildings of the Bay. "For the sightseer no less than the architectural student, this book offers a unique guide to the architectural riches of one of the few flourishing regional styles in America. In the San Francisco Bay Area, history, site and climate have combined to produce one of the pioneer regions in the development of modern architecture, a architecture that is peculiarly American, comparable only to the brilliant but short-lived flowering of Chicago at the end of the last century. [.] It is designed primarily for use: carefully indexed for easy reeference, it is organized by areas, each with an individual map closely keyed to the hundreds of buildings described and illustrated. A tour to the outlying areas is mapped out for the motorist interested in the numerous contemporary houses that dot the hillsides around the bay" -- Back cover. DJ is very good (-) with small smudge to bottom front edge, notes in pen on back, and light age-toning to spine; a very good copy with several pages annotated in pen and small spot of rust on page that had been paperclipped, else sturdy and clean.

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Title
Buildings of the Bay Area; A Guide to the Architecture of the San Francisco Bay Region
Author
Woodbridge, John Marshall (Compiler); Woodbridge, Sally Byrne (Compiler); Thiel, Philip (Designer); Yukio Okamoto, Rai (Illustrator)
Publisher
Grove Press, New York
Publication year
1960
Condition
Very Good
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Paperback
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First Edition.
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