Author : Karen J. Weitze
Release : 1984
Genre : Architecture
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis California's Mission Revival by : Karen J. Weitze
Download or read book California's Mission Revival written by Karen J. Weitze. This book was released on 1984. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mission Revival was pervasive in turn-of-the-century California. It offered the proper style for hotels, schools, railroad stations, and other public buildings as well as for houses. This short-lived, but important revival is thoroughly documented in this account of its buildings and architects. Attention is given to the movement's romantic literary background as exploited by promoters, its relation the Arts-and-Crafts aesthetic, and the practical implications of its use of concrete.