Rock the Shack: The Architecture of Cabins. Cocoons and Hide-Outs Format:Hardcover From the 1797 Rancho Los

From the 1797 Rancho Los Alamitos of Long Beach to such contemporary homes as the Miller Residence of Corte Madera Ranch Houses unveils the great variety and the very finest examples of this multifaceted form

ISBN-13: 978-0847861538

Building a home requires a deeply integrated understanding of materials structures codes and management procedures

Through photographs primarily of the iconic houses he designed in Southern California during the 1950s and ’60s we see a life of refined decadence expressed through gorgeous architecture fast cars beautiful women Hollywood style palm trees swimming pools and minimalist design—all in the context of the Southern California postwar building boom

Rock the Shack: The Architecture of Cabins. Cocoons and Hide-Outs Format:Hardcover From the 1797 Rancho LosFrom weekend homes to get away cabins in the mountains by the sea or in the woods this architecture embodies our longing for lounging in nature. For the first time in the history of humankind more people live in cities than in the country. Yet at the same time more and more city dwellers are yearning for rural farms mountain cabins or seaside homes. These kinds of refuges offer modern men and women a promise of what urban centers usually cannot