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Rizzoli
October 2005
240 pages
ISBN: 0847827348
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Like its spectacular predecessors, New York, New York and
These United States, this elegant volume is a brilliant
presentation of all that is L.A. It takes us from Venice
Beach to Rodeo Drive, from high culture to pop, and over
freeways and flashing past billboards. Los Angeles captures
the essence of the constantly evolving city: from palm-
lined avenues to hip hotels and art deco theaters, Frank
Gehry's Disney Concert Hall to the Cathedral of our Lady of
the Angels. Not just for L.A. residents and connoisseurs,
this book is for anyone interested in architecture, design
and, of course, the iconography unique to Southern
California. The book's format allows us to revel in the
marvelous landscape. From mountain peaks to desert oases,
beautiful beaches to redwood forests, Los Angeles literally
envelops us in the city's grandeur in stunning spreads and
impressive gatefolds, each more than five feet wide. Acclaimed architecture and design photographer Tim Street-
Porter showcases the fascinating cityscape-by day and by
night. A long time resident with exceptional access, Street-
Porter takes us from the most coveted homes of Hollywood
and Beverly Hills to the best examples of contemporary
architecture for which the city is famous, featuring the
full spectrum of residences from seminal modernist houses
to baroque mansions and California Mediterranean homes in
their lush settings.
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