On the Edge of the World: Four Architects in San Francisco at the Turn of the Century

by Richard Longstreth and Richard W. Longstreth

Book Overview

The four men who are the subject of this book were all trained in the traditional European mode, but in transferring their ideas from Europe to the American West, they incorporated rustic vernacular precedents and local materials to create the distinct style of the San Francisco Bay area. Richard W. Longstreth is Director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation at George Washington University. On the Edge of the Worldis included in the Architectural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262620596
• ISBN13: 9780262620598
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 455 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.