Title: The Oakland Museum of California
Description: A Gift of Architecture 2, published by the OMCA Council on Architecture, is an innovative book that includes the publication's original 32-page text and photographic content documenting the original 1969 building plus new photos of the Museum's widely covered 2010 transformation by Bay Area Architect Mark Cavagnero and Associates. At the center of the book is an accordion fold-out leporello with original black-and-white documentary photographs of the Museum on one side and new color photos of the 2010 transformation on the reverse. The publication includes new essays by Cavagnero, San Francisco Chronicle architecture critic John King, and Andre Ptaszynski, Principal at Jensen/Ptaszynski Architects, a foreword by OMCA Director and CEO Lori Fogarty, and design by Jean Sanchirico.--Publisher description.
Subjects: Buildings, Modern Architecture, Oakland Museum of California
Time periods: 20th century, 21st century