Wallace Neff and the grand houses of the Golden State /
Kanner, Diane.
Wallace Neff and the grand houses of the Golden State / Diane Kanner. - New York, NY : Monacelli Press, 2005. - 248 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-244) and index.
Coming to California -- Lemon Grove gamble, La Mirada dreams -- Pasadena rites -- The Grand Tour and back -- Santa Barbara interlude -- Building on ballyhoo -- Public notice -- The search for the style of wealth -- Tuscan Pasadena -- Louise -- Adobe days -- Architect to the stars -- Pickfair -- Putting it together -- Going Hollywood on a shoestring -- Costarring the European Provincial and the American Colonial Revivals -- Fighting back -- The diva, the car dealer, and the Doheny Library -- The bubble house -- We moved there because you could smell orange blossoms -- Father of the showcase house.
This significant architect was raised as Southern California aristocracy, as an heir to one of the founders of Rand McNally & Company, and grew up to influence the course of architectural history in California. Illustrated with archival photographs that document Neff's family life and professional accomplishments, journalist Diane Kanner's narrative offers a behind-the-scenes look at the development of residential architecture in Southern California.--From publisher description.
1580931634 9781580931632 (hardcover)
2005017670
Neff, Wallace, 1895-1982.
Architects--California--Biography.
Architecture, Domestic--California.
Eclecticism in architecture--California.
NA737 / .N37K36 2005
Wallace Neff and the grand houses of the Golden State / Diane Kanner. - New York, NY : Monacelli Press, 2005. - 248 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-244) and index.
Coming to California -- Lemon Grove gamble, La Mirada dreams -- Pasadena rites -- The Grand Tour and back -- Santa Barbara interlude -- Building on ballyhoo -- Public notice -- The search for the style of wealth -- Tuscan Pasadena -- Louise -- Adobe days -- Architect to the stars -- Pickfair -- Putting it together -- Going Hollywood on a shoestring -- Costarring the European Provincial and the American Colonial Revivals -- Fighting back -- The diva, the car dealer, and the Doheny Library -- The bubble house -- We moved there because you could smell orange blossoms -- Father of the showcase house.
This significant architect was raised as Southern California aristocracy, as an heir to one of the founders of Rand McNally & Company, and grew up to influence the course of architectural history in California. Illustrated with archival photographs that document Neff's family life and professional accomplishments, journalist Diane Kanner's narrative offers a behind-the-scenes look at the development of residential architecture in Southern California.--From publisher description.
1580931634 9781580931632 (hardcover)
2005017670
Neff, Wallace, 1895-1982.
Architects--California--Biography.
Architecture, Domestic--California.
Eclecticism in architecture--California.
NA737 / .N37K36 2005