Authors on Architecture: Stockstill & Oliver on Irvine Ranch
SAH/SCC Zoom Program
Sunday, April 30, 2023
Join
SAH/SCC as we welcome authors C. Michael Stockstill and H. Pike Oliver, who will
explore their book Transforming the Irvine
Ranch: Joan Irvine, William Pereira, Ray Watson, and the Big Plan (Routledge,
2022).
From citrus trees to spring
breakers, Transforming the Irvine Ranch tells the story of Orange County’s
metamorphosis from 93,000 acres of farmland into the iconic Southern California
landscape of beaches and modernist architecture. Drawing on decades of archival
research and their own years at the famed Irvine Company, the authors bring a collection
of colorful characters responsible for the transformation to life.
Residents of Southern California will
better understand how many Orange County communities came to be by getting a fascinating
peek behind the “Orange Curtain.” For others, it is a rare glimpse of how an entire
region was master-planned in the late 20th century.
Learn about the vision master architect
William Pereira, FAIA (1909-1985), had for the University of California, Irvine,
and how a variety of compatible residential developments would radiate from the
education hub.
Transforming the Irvine Ranch—Sunday, April 30, 2023; 1-2:30 PM
PST; $5.
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