PLANNING and LANDSCAPING HILLSIDE HOMES
Lane Publishing, A Sunset Book, copyright 1965, ninth Printing 1972 . 128 pgs, 8.5x11inches. This is a vintage softcover Sunset Book. Condition is overall very good. Covers are still bright and have mild edgewear. Inside pages have light age tanning, binding tight,I see no markings. One of the nicest copies of this book I have seen.
Bountiful book with hundreds of idesa for hillside house plans illustrated with hundreds of Black & White photographs, sketches and floor plans.
Please see the photo of the contents page for all the great info in this book. Hundreds of ideas for building and landscaping on hilly property.
Eames/Eichler/Neutra inspired architectural details include window walls, clerestory windows, car ports, sliding glass doors, boxy and long and low styles a la Cliff May, roof gardens ,flat and slanted roofs, terraces and decks, pedestal houses,stilt houses, a cantilevered house that reminds me of the famous Chemosphere by John Lautner,bathroom gardens, and more.
Some very green and forward thinking ideas that are regaining popularity today include sod roofs, roof ponds, skylights, climate control via overhangs and light control.
Lots of interior photos and sketches with Mid Century furnishings like butterfly chairs, Danish Modern, slab coffee tables, platform sofas , Bertoia web chairs, Eames recliners and Eiffel Tower wire chairs, Nelson bubble lamps, free standing fireplaces and bamboo and rattan furniture. You could just imagine Charles and Ray Eames in any of the photographs.
Participating well know Mid Century Modern architects include Henry Hill ~ Liddell & Jones ~Paul Hayden Kirk ~ Harwell Hamilton Harris ~ Buff, Straub and Hensman ~ George Rockrise ~ and many others.
Participating well know Mid Century Modern landscape architects include Douglas Baylis ~ Fred Lang ~ Robert W. Chittock ~ Eckbo, Royston & William ~ Thomas Church ~ Royston, Hanamoto & Mayes and many others.
Participating well know Mid Century Modern Photographers include Julius Shulman ~ Philip Fein ~Art Hupy ~William Aplin~ Clyde Childress~ Ernest Braun ~ Max Eckery ~ Richard Fish ~and many others.
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