Brave New Houses

New York, NY: Rizzoli, 2003. First edition, first printing (full number line). Octavo in blue-grey DJ, purple DJ spine, 239 pages, chiefly color illustrations (some b&w), 24 cm. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, faint soiling to rear edges, exceedingly gentle rubbing to corners, very mild rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, light soiling to DJ, else Near Fine(+) in Near Fine(+) DJ. Hardcover. ISBN: 084782604X

Presents examples of recent domestic architecture in southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego, with thirty completed houses and five conceptual projects, featuring a variety of architects. form the book, which features a variety of architects. Contents: Shifting Geometries / Ston Allen Architect -- Serene Volumes / Gwathmey Siegel & Associates -- Dynamic Structures / Michael Lantzen -- Fronting the Ocean / Callas Shortridge Architects -- Engaging the Landscape / Barton Myers Associates -- Confined Lots / Sander Architects -- Radical Visions / Wallace E. Cunningham. Architecture -- California, Southern -- 20th century.