"An important contribution to the understanding of 'modernist' culture in the United States and a perceptive analysis of the achievement of a major American arc

British architect and planner Bill Risebero recreates 200 years of modern architecture and design against a backdrop of class dominance over rising industrialis

When we think of the gardens of Southern California, we tend to think of the enormous semiarid landscapes of the Huntington and Rancho Los Alamitos, often built

This volume analyzes the extraordinary patronage of modern architecture that the Tremaine family sustained for nearly four decades in the mid-twentieth century.

Focusing on the years 1930 to 1960, this book reassesses the relationship between siting and construction. It argues that the the interplay of technology and to