California Romantica Format:Hardcover Publisher: Birkhauser Architecture (October 8

Publisher: Birkhauser Architecture (October 8 2019)

A mecca for the international jet set that lured Frank Sinatra Walter Annenberg and others Palm Springs came into its own architecturally as a haven for visionary modernists such as Richard Neutra who were practicing the International Style in Los Angeles

As the collection grew the site attracted a following which is now a huge and obsessive audience

He was charming handsome and worked tirelessly for his A-list clientele such as Lucille Ball and Walt Disney

The residence hall has come to mark the threshold between childhood and adulthood housing young people during a transformational time in their lives

California Romantica Format:Hardcover Publisher: Birkhauser Architecture (October 8California Romantica features the most important yet rarely seen residential exemplars of the California Mission and Spanish Colonial styles by such noted architects as George Washington Smith Wallace Neff Richard Requa Lilian Rice and Paul R. Williams among others. From whitewashed stucco walls and cloistered patios to tile roofs and sumptuous gardens each house shown is a rare masterpiece splendidly appointed with authentic Monterey furniture