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Elizabeth McMillian is a writer and an art and architectural historian. She holds a Ph.D. Based in Los Angeles, she has taught at the University of Southern California and served as Santa Monica Landmarks Commissioner and as President of the Southern California Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historian

Title	:	Beach Houses: From Malibu to Laguna
Author	:	Elizabeth Mcmillian
Rating	:	4.86 (980 Votes)
Asin	:	0847818020
Format Type	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	208Pages
Publish Date	:	2014-7-11
Language	:	English

Elizabeth McMillian is a writer and an art and architectural historian. She holds a Ph.D. Based in Los Angeles, she has taught at the University of Southern California and served as Santa Monica Landmarks Commissioner and as President of the Southern California Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians. Her most recent books include Barcelona: Open-Air Sculpture Gallery, Jujol, Visiting Eden: Gardens of Southern California, and Barcelona: Architectural Details a

The houses featured in this book are located on the coast between Malibu and Laguna and range from common generic types-- New England, Mediterranean and ranch designs-- to high-style homes by well-known architects such as John Lautner, Richard Meier, Frank Gehry, and others. If a beach house is designed with sensitivity, living on the beach can be an experience that is close to perfection. Beaches and beach houses have played an important part in the historical and cultural development of Southern California, beginning in the 1880s when land speculators wanted to attract home-buyers, and especially during the 1920s when the motion picture community and other nouveau riche built lavish houses and clubs on the shore. Interviews with the architects, interior designers, and owners of these fabulous California houses reveal the inspirational dimension embodied in this specialarchitecture. "Beach Houses" are the first survey of the glamorous beachfront lifestyle and distinctive architecture and design for which Southern California is so famous. Every beach house designer faces similar constraints and challenges: small lots, low-key street facades, enclosed sidewalls, narrow paths to the ocean, and glass-walled and terraced oceanfronts. Photographe

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Some 25 houses are featured, all representing different architectural styles and each beautifully photographed. From Library Journal At first glance, this could easily be dismissed as just another coffee-table book, but careful reading shows that it provides a plethora of information about the beach houses of the wealthy in Southern California. Recommended for public libraries and academic architectural/interior design libraries.Glenn Masuchika, Chaminade Univ. Lib., HonoluluCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. The author skillfully weaves into the narratives the hopes and dreams of the people who built these houses so that the reader can see how their wishes turned-or failed to turn-into architectural reality. . Accompanying each house is an essay, written for both the lay reader and the professional architect, that does not overwhelm with technical detail or bore with simple description