Download or read book An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area written by Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2007 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area is the definitive guide to the history and architecture of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. This compendium has been written and photographed by Susan Cerny and twelve Bay Area experts and provides a historic record of how the area developed to became what it is today, and discusses transportation systems, city and suburban landscape plans, public parkland, California history, and economic, social, and political influences. Included are San Francisco Victorians, civic buildings, churches, parks, grand Period Revivals, and rustic Arts and Crafts homes, as well as significant vernacular buildings in less publicized neighborhoods and towns. Features include: Buildings by all major San Francisco Bay Area architects from the 1860s to the present. More than 2,000 entries. Architectural landmarks in every Bay Area county, arranged by chapter: San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, Solano, Napa, Sonoma, and Marin. More than 100 cities, towns, and neighborhoods. A history of architectural styles popular in the Bay Area. More than 20,000 copies sold of our previous architecture guide to the Bay Area.
Download or read book San Francisco Architecture written by Sally Byrne Woodbridge and published by Chronicle Books (CA). This book was released on 1992 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From San Francisco's stately Victorian homes to Sonoma's historic Mission, over 600 entries fill this convenient, information-packed gem of a guidebook to notable architectural sites around the Bay Area. Including classic estates, civic buildings, parks, and public artworks and illustrated throughout with hundreds of black-and-white photographs, this comprehensive, one-of-a-kind volume is arranged geographically, featuring one chapter for each of 12 San Francisco neighborhoods. Eight additional chapters cover areas of interest outside the city -- San Jose, Stanford, Berkeley, Oakland, Marin, Sonoma, Napa, and Petaluma -- and include walking tours for each location. An indispensable reference for historians and preservationists, as well as tourists and residents, "San Francisco Architecture "is the definitive guide to some of the world's most distinctive architecture. Visit S.F. Gate to find out what's happening in Bay Area news, entertainment, sports, and more.
Download or read book Architecture San Francisco written by Sally Byrne Woodbridge and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed guidebook, with maps and many photographs, listing locations, dates, and architects, arranged by neighborhoods.
Download or read book Signature Architects of the San Francisco Bay Area written by Dave Weinstein and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2006 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A long time Bay Area writer and journalist explores residential San Francisco architecture and fifteen of the lesser-known architects who designed the homes, including a summary of each architects' birth and death dates, style, active projects, famous projects, and a list of houses to visit. h formality without stuffiness. Faudree is a designer wit iture. Plus, learn how to discover additional storage nooks around the house. Ideal for anyone looking to reorganize, this book includes ways to contain hobbies, collections, tools, office materials, media, and more; and great ideas for using outbuildings and sheds for additional storage. 'Home Storage' is an essential resource. ovided by the nation's top designers and architects; construction blueprints available for every home; and planning and design advice, and tips throughout. lanning on building a shed or having one installed on a property. A complete guide to the types of sheds available, it offers tips for adding storage systems and other accessories, and building information that is geared to both the novice do-it-you rselfer and ith maps, photographs, illustrations, and at the out
Download or read book Buildings of the Bay Area written by John Marshall Woodbridge and published by . This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maps Drawn By William Blackwell And Richard Shoen. Additional Contributor Is William W. Wurster.
Download or read book San Francisco Architecture written by Sally Byrne Woodbridge and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely revised & updated, this book surveys the city of San Francisco & offers a comprehensive catalogue of architectural sites, covering residential & commercial buildings, parks & public art works.
Download or read book The Guide to Architecture in San Francisco and Northern California written by David Gebhard and published by Gibbs Smith Publishers. This book was released on 1985 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies and describes hundreds of architecturally noteworthy buildings, and includes a glossary of terms and styles.
Download or read book Architectural Records in the San Francisco Bay Area written by Waverly B. Lowell and published by Garland Science. This book was released on 1988 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book San Francisco Chinatown written by Philip P. Choy and published by City Lights Publishers. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the American Book Award San Francisco Chinatown is the first book of its kind—an "insider's guide" to one of America's most celebrated ethnic enclaves by an author born and raised there. Written by architect and Chinese American studies pioneer Philip P. Choy, the book details the triumphs and tragedies of the Chinese American experience in the U.S. Both a history of America's oldest and most famous Chinese community and a guide to its significant sites and architecture, San Francisco Chinatown traces the development of the neighborhood from the city's earliest days to its post-quake transformation into an "Oriental" tourist attraction as a pragmatic means of survival. Featuring a building-by-building breakdown of the most significant sites in Chinatown, the guide is lavishly illustrated with historical and contemporary photographs and offers walking tours for tourists and locals alike. "A stunning new guidebook. . . . History buffs will be amazed by the wealth of lore, legend and radiant fact."—San Francisco Chronicle A Los Angeles Times summer reading pick "San Francisco Chinatown illuminates the untold history of the enclave . . . to consider the political, historical, and cultural implications of Chinatown's very existence."—San Francisco Bay Guardian "Part history book and part tour guide, San Francisco Chinatown is definitely niche, but wonderfully so. In it, Choy quickly outlines the history of San Francisco as a whole, then jumps into a section by section investigation of the city's famous Chinatown. . . . San Francisco Chinatown whets ones appetite to learn more about Chinese-American history."—Evelyn McDonald, City Book Review Retired architect and renowned historian of Chinese America Philip P. Choy co-taught the first college level course in Chinese American history at San Francisco State University. Since then he has created and consulted on numerous TV documentaries, exhibits and publications. He has served on the California State Historic Resource Commission, on the San Francisco Landmark Advisory Board, five times as President of the Chinese Historical Society of America (CHSA) and currently as an emeritus CHSA boardmember. He is a recipient of the prestigious San Francisco State University President's Medal.
Download or read book Architecture Design SF written by Mitchell Schwarzer and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book City by Design written by Panache Partners LLC. and published by Panache Partners Llc. This book was released on 2010 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating perspective of the fine works of architecture that comprise the Rocky Mountain area, City by Design Denver presents vibrant photographs and insightful editorial about the city's diverse architectural fabric. This rich collection of stunning structures by esteemed, locally based architects will impress both industry professionals and casual readers. It affords a rare glimpse into a variety of exquisite spaces-including some of the city's finest mixed-use, multifamily, healthcare, civic, corporate and hospitality buildings-and introduces the people who brought them to life. (Ed.).
Download or read book Art SITES San Francisco written by Sidra Stich and published by Artsites Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this guidebook for lovers of art and architecture, lively, authoritative commentary is offered on San Francisco museums, alternative spaces, galleries, public art, architecture, design showrooms, interior renovations, urban projects, film centers, sculpture parks, bookstores, and art fairs. Maps.
Download or read book Garden Neighborhoods of San Francisco written by Richard Brandi and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Francisco is not known for detached houses with landscaped setbacks, lining picturesque, park-side streets. But between 1905 and 1924, thirty-six such neighborhoods, called residence parks, were proposed or built in the city. Hundreds like them were constructed across the country yet they are not well known or understood today. This book examines the city planning aspects of residence parks in a new way, with tracing how developers went about the business of building them, on different sites and for different markets, and how they kept out black and Asian residents.
Download or read book A Field Guide to American Houses Revised written by Virginia Savage McAlester and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 881 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fully expanded, updated, and freshly designed second edition of the most comprehensive and widely acclaimed guide to domestic architecture: in print since its original publication in 1984, and acknowledged everywhere as the unmatched, essential guide to American houses. This revised edition includes a section on neighborhoods; expanded and completely new categories of house styles with photos and descriptions of each; an appendix on "Approaches to Construction in the 20th and 21st Centuries"; an expanded bibliography; and 600 new photographs and line drawings.
Download or read book San Francisco written by Melody Mason and published by teNeues. This book was released on 2005 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Francisco, the city of so many people's dreams, is seeing a new wave of architectural innovation every bit the match for the area's stunning landscapes and earlier architectural gems. All of these buildings have been designed to blend seamlessly into the existing urban environment. Quality and authenticity are the keynotes here. Enthusiasts of architecture and art are flocking to see Philippe Starck's Clift Hotel, as well as work by Claudio Silvestrin, Sand Studios, and Gabellini Associates among others. The and: guide San Francisco features the newest and most outstanding buildings. SELLING POINTS -Another of teNeues' authoritative series of pocket guides to recent noteworthy architecture in cities around the world -Includes color photographs and a site map for convenient use by tourist and professionals alike AUTHOR Michelle Galindo lives in Los Angeles and is currently employed by fusion publishing. In spring 2005 she edited the and:guide Chicago (3-8327-9025-X) for teNeues. ILLUSTRATIONS 200 colour photos
Download or read book A Guide to Architecture in San Francisco Northern California written by David Gebhard and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Carmel By The Sea the Early Years 1903 1913 written by Alissandra Dramov and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-12-27 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carmel-by-the-Sea, The Early Years (1903-1913) describes the establishment of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, along with an overview of the history of the Carmel Mission and the Monterey Peninsula. The books emphasis is on the development of Carmel as a Bohemian artists and writers colony at the start of the 20th century. The towns first decade of existence is described: the businesses and services offered, and the residential architecture. There are biographies of the well-known Bohemian artists, writers, poets, builders, and other notable residents and visitors in the early 1900s. This original group of settlers, the majority of whom came from Northern Californias Bay Area, were distinctive individuals, who were drawn to the coastal village by its scenic beauty and the inspiration it provided for their intellectual pursuits. They set the tone that made Carmel-by-the-Sea a Bohemian enclave on the West Coast, and distinguished it as a unique place. These early residents and visitors left a significant and lasting impact on the future of the seaside town, which in turn attracted other creative talents to the area, through the years and still to this day. Carmel-by-the-Sea, The Early Years (1903-1913), preserves the literary, artistic, cultural, and architectural heritage of Carmel and the Monterey Peninsula region.
