Item #19814 California Houses of Gordon Drake. California, Douglas Baylis, Joan Parry.

California Houses of Gordon Drake.

New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1956. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp 92, indexed, illustrated with more than 100 b/w photographs and 2 in full color. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; some small open tears on dust jacket. Item #19814

Gordon Drake was a young designer who died suddenly and tragically in 1952 at the age of 34. The quantity of his work was slight. The quality of his work was great. Gordon Drake's work is distinguished by his use of indoor-outdoor continuity, modular construction, and architecturally-used light and by his sense of restraint. But most of all, his work is distinguished by his own imagination and honesty. A small house design won first prize in the Progressive Architecture competition in 1946. This book brings his name and art to the attention of all people sensitive to great architecture.

Price: $35.00

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