Authors on Architecture: Webb on California Houses
SAH/SCC Zoom Program
Sunday, May 19, 2024
Join SAH/SCC as we welcome author Michael
Webb to share about his newest book, California
Houses: Creativity in Context (Thames & Hudson, 2024). California has always
attracted adventurous spirits—from the earliest pioneers to the innovators of Silicon
Valley. The latest expression of that daring is contained in these 36 houses created
by talented architects to enhance the lives of their owners.
Completed
during the past 10 years, the homes in California Houses capture the spirit of the Golden State in distinctive ways and respond creatively
to context and the environment. They engage California’s range of landscape,
from forests and deserts to the ocean and city streets. Large or small, they demonstrate
the extraordinary range of invention emerging from the offices of established as
well as younger architects; all but three are based in California. This is a celebration
of superlative talent as well as clients with the imagination and means to commission
houses that advance the art of architecture.
Webb is a Los Angeles-based writer who has authored 30 books on architecture
and design, including Building Community: New Apartment Architecture (Thames & Hudson, 2021) and Architects’ Houses (Princeton
Architectural Press, 2018), while contributing essays to many more. He has
published countless articles as a regular contributor to leading journals in the
United States, Asia, and Europe. Growing up in London, he was an editor at The
Times and Country Life, before moving to the United States, where he
resides in LA at the Strathmore Apartments (Richard Neutra, 1937) in Charles
and Ray Eames’ former unit.
Webb
on California Houses—Sunday, May 19, 2024; 1-2:30 PM Pacific;
$5; www.sahscc.org and pay
via PayPal. Zoom link sent upon registration.
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