California Romantica Format:Hardcover As the collection grew the

As the collection grew the site attracted a following which is now a huge and obsessive audience

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He was charming handsome and worked tirelessly for his A-list clientele such as Lucille Ball and Walt Disney

A mecca for the international jet set that lured Frank Sinatra Walter Annenberg and others Palm Springs came into its own architecturally as a haven for visionary modernists such as Richard Neutra who were practicing the International Style in Los Angeles

The book documents 20 iconic buildings

California Romantica Format:Hardcover As the collection grew theCalifornia Romantica features the most important yet rarely seen residential exemplars of the California Mission and Spanish Colonial styles by such noted architects as George Washington Smith Wallace Neff Richard Requa Lilian Rice and Paul R. Williams among others. From whitewashed stucco walls and cloistered patios to tile roofs and sumptuous gardens each house shown is a rare masterpiece splendidly appointed with authentic Monterey furniture