On the Edge of the World: Four Architects in San Francisco at the Turn of the CenturyRichard Longstreth provides a detailed picture of the early careers of four architects—Bernard Maybeck, Willis Polk, Ernest Coxhead, and A.C. Schweinfurth—who had a decisive impact on the course of design in the San Francisco Bay Area and who stand as significant contributors to American architecture. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Question of Style | 9 |
London New York Paris | 40 |
The Modern Cosmopolis | 67 |
A Few Young Men | 82 |
The Rustic City House | 107 |
Rustic Suburban and Country Houses | 142 |
Large City and Country Houses | 189 |
Civic Projects | 221 |
The Cause of Regional Expression | 258 |
The New San Francisco | 296 |
The Struggle for Brief Moments of Eternal | 312 |
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