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On the Edge of the World

Four Architects in San Francisco at the Turn of the Century
by Richard Longstreth (Author)
Paperback
Price: $47.95 / £40.00
Publication Date: May 1998
Edition: 1st Edition
Title Details:
Rights: World
Pages: 455
ISBN: 9780520214156
Trim Size: 7 x 10
Illustrations: 272 b/w photographs
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About the Book

Richard Longstreth provides a detailed picture of the early careers of four architects—Bernard Maybeck, Willis Polk, Ernest Coxhead, and A.C. Schweinfurth—who had a decisive impact on the course of design in the San Francisco Bay Area and who stand as significant contributors to American architecture.

About the Author

Richard Longstreth is Professor of American Civilization and Director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, George Washington University. His most recent book is City Center to Regional Mall: Architecture, the Automobile, and Retailing in Los Angeles, 1920-1950 (1997).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
I Academic Eclecticism: The Question of Style
II Training: London, New York, Paris
III San Francisco: The Modern Cosmopolis
IV Transition: A Few Young Men
V Coxhead and Polk: The Rustic City House
VI Coxhead and Polk: Rustic Suburban and Country Houses 
VII Coxhead and Polk: Large City and Country Houses 
VIII Coxhead and Polk: Civic Projects 
IX Schweinfurth: The Cause of Regional Expression 
X At the Turn of the Century: The New San Francisco 
XI Maybeck: The Struggle for Brief Moments of Eternal Conciliation 
Notes
Bibliography
List of Buildings and Projects
Index