Casa California
Subtitle: Spanish-style houses from Santa Barbara to San Clemente
By: text by Elizabeth McMillian ; photographs by Melba Levick ; foreword by David Gebhard.
Contributors: Levick, Melba.
Publisher: Rizzoli; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic -- California, Southern; Architecture, Spanish -- Influence; Regionalism in architecture -- California, Southern
Description: This book showcases Southern California's most historically significant and beautifully preserved Spanish-revival houses of this century. Twenty-one private homes built between 1922 and 1991 are featured in stunning color photography that captures exterior and interior architectural details, Spanish and Mexican antique furnishings and folk art, and lush landscaping and tiled fountains.

Among these are the Adamson House in Malibu, with its extraordinary collection of custom tile from Malibu Potteries; the contemporary Greenberg House in Brentwood, by Ricardo Legorreta; The Andalusia Courtyard Apartments in Hollywood; and Casa Pacifica, the former home of Richard Nixon, overlooking the ocean in San Clemente.

Brief narratives highlight the history of each building and its design sources, while the introduction traces historical and cultural influences on the Spanish-revival movement in California.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.