Houses of the sundown sea
Subtitle: the architectural vision of Harry Gesner
By: by Lisa Germany ; photographs by Juergen Nogai
Contributors: Gesner, Harry (Harry Harmer), 1925-; Nogai, Jürgen
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781419700491
Subjects: Domestic Architecture; Criticism and interpretation; History
Other titles: Architectural vision of Harry Gesner
Table of contents: title: The imprint; title: The War as fulcrum : Lake Arrowhead before and after; title: A journeyman by day, architect by night : the first years; title: Of ridges, canyons, and cliffs; title: Sculptural forces : the Cooper "Wave House"; title: "Tuning in and free wheeling"; title: Turn of the decade : and the tale of the lost negatives; title: Seeking the picturesque and sublime : grottoes, caves, and hidden treasures; title: The circle comes 'round again : Sandcastle rises from the beach; title: At home in Malibu : the sea as muse; title: Icons revisited : "the sumptuous Ridge-Crest"; title: How the arch house became Ravenseye : the spy who came in from the cold; title: Epilogue.  "Lust for life."