A GUIDE TO ARCHITECTURE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
David Gebhard and Robert Winter
David Gebhard and Robert Winter: A GUIDE TO ARCHITECTURE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1965. First edition. Thick photo illustrated wrappers. 164 pp. 80 pages of black and white plates. Laminated wrappers and textblock edges lightly yellowed [as usual]. Binding tight and secure. Interior unmarked and very clean. A very good or better copy.
4.75 x 6.5 softcover guidebook bound into library cloth with 164 pages and 80 pages of black and white plates. Primary photography by Julius Shulman.
Southern California is divided into 14 zones with a map of each zone serving as chapter breaks. This small volume was designed to educate the public on the wide varieties of modern architecture being practiced in Southern California (circa 1965) and it survives as a phenomenal design object of the era. Julius Shulman's photography makes a booklet that truly embodies the spirit of the age -- highly recommended.
Includes photographs of buildings by Irving Gill, Greene And Greene, Frank Lloyd Wright, Elmer Grey, George Harris, Hudson Thomas, Bertram Goodhue, George Washington Smith, Carleton Winslow, Bernard Maybeck, R. M. Schindler, Simon Rodia, James Osborne Craig, Lloyd Wright, John Byer, Albert Martin, Lilian Rice, Myron Hunt, Henry Oliver, Richard Neutra, William Moser, Wallace Neff, William Gray Purcell, Evera Van Bailey, A. Lawrence Kocher, Albert Frey, Walter Wurdeman, Harwell Hamilton Harris, Thornton Abell, William Lescaze, Raphael Soriano, Richard Requa, Gregory Ain, J. R. Davidson, Rodney Walker, Welton Becket, John Rex, Carl Maston, Milton Caughey, Charles Eames, Edla Muir, Craig Ellwood, John Lautner, Eero Saarinen, Gordon Drake, Sim Bruce Richards, Lutah Riggs, A. Quincy Jones, Frederick Emmons, William Wurster, Pierre Koenig, Killingsworth, Brady And Smith, Paul Tuttle, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, and others.
David S. Gebhard (1927 – 1996) was a leading architectural historian, particularly known for his books on the architecture and architects of California. He was a long-time faculty member at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and was dedicated to the preservation of Santa Barbara architecture.
Gebhard was born and raised in Minnesota; he received his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota in 1958. He served, for six years, as director of the Roswell Museum and Art Center in New Mexico, before moving to UC Santa Barbara in 1961. As a teacher he inspired many students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. In addition to his long teaching career, he served as director of the University Art Museum for twenty years, building a small gallery into a significant accredited university museum. In this position, he initiated the Architectural Drawings Collection, now one of the leading West Coast repositories for architectural materials. With Robert Winter he co-authored guides to architecture in northern and southern California.
Gebhard was also active in service to his community, serving for many years on the Santa Barbara County Architectural Board of Review. He was active in the Society of Architectural Historians, and served a term as its president in the 1980s.
The David Gebhard Memorial Lecture Series is an annual event sponsored by Pasadena Heritage, an architectural preservation organization in Pasadena, California. [Wikipedia]