Buff & Hensman
Los Angeles: University of Southern California / USC Architectural Guild Press.
First Edition. Hardcover.
Introduction by Alex Moseley; Preface by Dean Robert Timme; Photography by Julius Shulman.
Publisher’s description: California architects Conrad Buff and Donald Hensman produced an impressive catalog of work over their long partnership, including a contribution to "Art & Architecture" magazine's Case Study House Program, celebrity homes, and Ronald Reagan's Governor's Mansion. Buff and Hensman's houses epitomized the increasingly casual lifestyle that revolutionized social habits across the United States in the 1960s. An almost perfect climate in and around Los Angeles made it possible for the architects to develop a wood-frame and glass-panel architecture that lends seamlessly with its surroundings. When California building code forced a change in their design methodology, they began a new phase of their creative life that reinvigorated their practice.
This book is the first comprehensive look at their achievement, and includes commentary on their most important projects as well as a complete chronology of all of their work.
Item #901479ISBN: 1890449245
9-3/4 x 12", gray paper over thick boards, 256pp, chronology, index, featuring over 300 color and black & white illustrations.
Bumping to corners of boards, clean, bright, near fine in dust wrapper with a bit of crimping to edges, sun-fading to spine and square of sun-fade to rear flap, in protective mylar.
The book is quite heavy and may require additional shipping charges. Please inquire about shipping costs to your specific location.
Price: $750.00