Bernard Maybeck: Visionary Architect
This excellent biography thoroughly documents the often fantastic and always interesting work of California architect Bernard Maybeck, discussing major public commissions like San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts. Moreover, Woodbridge reveals that her subject, whose greatest triumphs were in domestic architecture, was not only an influential architect but also a creative designer and innovative engineer. The volume is extensively illustrated with vintage photographs and architectural plans and elevations, and much of Maybeck's extant work is detailed in recent full-color photographs by Barnes. Finally, a chronological checklist of Maybeck's planned and completed projects is included. Highly recommended for collections of architecture, design, and art.- Martin R. Kalfatovic, Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D.C.Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.