Kathryn Masson
Author
Publisher
Distributed to the U.S. trade by Random House
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The aura and romance of Old California lives on in this treasury of inviting homes. The California House presents the magic of the golden state, that land of infinite promise and dreams, the most tangible expression of which can be found in the homes built by early California dreamers.
Author
Publisher
Rizzoli
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Adobe residences from the Spanish and Mexican eras were the original California houses. Architects, designers, builders, and homeowners today, as in the past, look to their simple, utilitarian features-such as plain, whitewashed walls, beamed ceilings, and intimate open-air courtyards-and try to emulate their forms to capture the charm of a romanticized past. Leading architects of style movements such as the Spanish Colonial Revival traveled to California...