An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles

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Von der hinteren Coverseite: The most comprehensive guide to the built environment of Los Angeles County ever published.
New in this 5th edition:
-Lists of major architects for each style-Victorian, Beaux-Arts, Mission Revival, Arts & Crafts, Period Revival, International Style, Postmodernism
-Examples from a new generation of architects, including Frederick Fisher, David Lawrence Gray, Johnson & Favarro, Michael Maltzan, Pugh & Scarpa, and David Hertz
-Revised, reader-friendly historical essays
-An essay on landscape architecture and a list of prominent landscape architects by period
-300 new photographs by Robert Winter
-Prominent new landmark buildings, including Frank Gehry's Philharmonic Hall, Raphael Moneo's Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels, Morphosis's Diamond Bar High School
In this updated and revised edition of the guide to Los Angeles, Robert Winter deftly highlights architectural delights both grand and obscure. The keen insights of the authors, their sense of humor and broad taste in art and style make this an entertaining and essential volume for anyone who loves to roam through neighborhoods and back streets in search of architectural treasures.