Montecito Style

Author : Firooz Zahedi,L. D. Porter
Publisher : Monacelli Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1580935958

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Montecito Style by Firooz Zahedi,L. D. Porter Pdf

A privileged peek at the homes and gardens of Montecito, the increasingly popular Southern California getaway for celebrities, designers, and creatives. Montecito is a seaside community often overshadowed by its neighbor Santa Barbara—which is generally how its residents like it. Though home and refuge to numerous celebrities such as Steve Martin, Drew Barrymore, and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the intentional cultivation of a low-key profile has allowed for a unique enclave to emerge, and with it, a multifaceted interior and garden design culture. From earliest twentieth-century standards in the Spanish Colonial Revival style by George Washington Smith to the style-setting projects by John Saladino to more recent work by prominent interior and landscape designers Pamela Shamshiri, Michael S. Smith, and Lee Kirch, the homes and gardens of Montecito demonstrates a wide range of design styles and eras. Firooz Zahedi and L.D. Porter, both long-time residents of the area, explore this design haven in all of its coastal glory.

Author : Kevin Starr
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : California, Southern
ISBN : 9780195072600

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Material Dreams by Kevin Starr Pdf

In Material Dreams, Starr turns to one of the most vibrant decades in the Golden State's history, the 1920s, when some two million Americans migrated to California, the vast majority settling in or around Los Angeles. Although he treats readers to intriguing side trips to Santa Barbara and Pasadena, Starr focuses here mainly on Los Angeles, revealing how this major city arose almost defiantly on a site lacking many of the advantages required for urban development, creating itself out of sheer will, the Great Gatsby of American cities. He describes how William Ellsworth Smyth, the Peter the Hermit of the Irrigation Crusade, propounded the importance of water in Southern California's future, and how such figures as the self-educated, Irish engineer William Mulholland (who built the main aquaducts to Los Angeles) and George Chaffey (who diverted the Colorado River, transforming desert into the lush Imperial Valley) brought life-supporting water to the arid South. He examines the discovery of oil ("Yes it's oil, oil, oil / that makes LA boil," went the official drinking song of the Uplifters Club), the boosters and land developers, the evangelists (such as Bob Shuler, the Methodist Savanarola of Los Angeles, and Aimee Semple McPherson), and countless other colorful figures of the period. There are also fascinating sections on the city's architecture (such as the remarkably innovative Bradbury Building and its eccentric, neophyte designer, George Wyman), the impact of the automobile on city planning, the great antiquarian book collections, the Hollywood film community, and much more. By the end of the decade, Los Angeles had tripled in population and become the fifth largest city in the nation. In Material Dreams, Kevin Starr captures this explosive growth in a narrative tour de force that combines wide-ranging scholarship with captivating prose.

Author : Michael Cervin
Publisher : Reedy Press LLC
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781681061375

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Santa Barbara Know-It-All: A Guide to Everything That Matters by Michael Cervin Pdf

Any travel book about Santa Barbara should be informative and entertaining. Only this travel book is informative, entertaining and funny. Santa Barbara Know-It-All believes a sense of humor while traveling is essential to making your visit memorable, and even making it a little bit idiosyncratic, or maybe quirky. No, we re going with idiosyncratic. Unique in its approach, Santa Barbara Know-It-All is packed with Santa Barbara s hidden gems and undiscovered wonders, from the best places to picnic, hike, to places for booze, local foods, shopping, not to mention trivia and unusual truths that make Santa Barbara distinctive. Everything in this book has been vetted personally by the author; he's eaten at each restaurant, stayed at each hotel, gone scuba diving at the Channel Islands, paragliding over Santa Barbara, run along the beaches and overturned each proverbial rock so you can discover exactly what makes Santa Barbara, you know, Santa Barbara. The 25 Questions True or False Quiz will test your knowledge of Santa Barbara so you too can be a smarty pants about America's Riviera. If you re going to travel to Santa Barbara, then travel funny.

Author : John F. Saladino
Publisher : Monacelli Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : CORNELL:31924089618544

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Style by Saladino by John F. Saladino Pdf

Vectors and Vector Operators provides an introduction to the use of vectors and vector operators that will be especially helpful to first-year undergraduates of the physical sciences. The vector forms of many of the equations of physics clearly demonstrate the essential geometrical relationships between the quantities involved. Topics covered include vector algebra, products of vectors, differentiation of vectors, the gradient operator, and the divergence and curl of vector fields. Throughout the text, the author emphasizes the application of vector techniques to problems in physics and includes many worked examples.

Author : Elizabeth E. Vogt
Publisher : Mip Pub
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Art
ISBN : 0961720492

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Montecito, California's Garden Paradise by Elizabeth E. Vogt Pdf

Author : Leslie Westbrook
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780762776429

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Insiders' Guide® to Santa Barbara by Leslie Westbrook Pdf

Your Travel Destination. Your Home. Your Home-To-Be. Santa Barbara Grab a bite at a gourmet restaurant. Explore Channel Islands National Park. Relax, take a sip, and savor Santa Barbara’s wine country. • A personal, practical perspective for travelers and residents alike • Comprehensive listings of attractions, restaurants, and accommodations • How to live & thrive in the area—from recreation to relocation • Countless details on shopping, arts & entertainment, and children’s activities

Author : Diane Dorrans Saeks
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 0847831558

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Santa Barbara Living by Diane Dorrans Saeks Pdf

"One of the most beautiful regions of the California coast, Santa Barbara also has one of America’s most affluent and stylish demographics. Possessing the most summery, mild, seductive climate in the country, Santa Barbara has been an elegant and chic style destination since the turn of the last century, when wealthy East Coast families wintered there. The first book to take readers inside the mansions and estates of Santa Barbara today, Santa Barbara Living features the houses and gardens that make Santa Barbara a rarified version of the American Dream"--From the publisher.

Author : Susan Marg
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781669862307

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A New Way of Looking at Movie Stars by Susan Marg Pdf

Can you name ten actors who played women or ten actresses who played prostitutes in the movies? What about anyone who gained weight or got into shape for a movie role? And, there are those who fell in love on a movie set, performed together, and were paid big bucks for a divorce. The answers are in this book, although you might have a preference for someone I didn’t recognize. You might even learn something new about the movies or your favorite stars. Did you know that television’s Police Squad! ran for only six episodes, but it led to three movies. Do you remember when Paul Newman played himself on The Simpsons? The idea for the book was based on a childhood pastime similar to hopscotch, but without the hopping or standing on one leg. This book is sure to bring hours of entertainment. There are over 1000 entries, organized into ten chapters with ten sections each. Sit down, keep reading, and enjoy!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Balcony Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture, Spanish colonial
ISBN : UCSD:31822035440569

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Austin Val Verde by Anonim Pdf

"Austin Val Verde, situated on seventeen and a half acres, is one of the few great early twentieth-century Southern California estates to have been preserved. It is a pivotal work in the career of the famous American architect Bertram Goodhue (1869-1924). Its celebrated and extensive gardens are the masterpiece of Lockwood de Forest Jr. (1896-1949), one of the most important landscape architects to have worked in Southern California. For three decades, Austin Val Verde housed one of the finest private collections of Greek and Roman sculpture, and for many years a number of celebrities from the worlds of film, stage, music, literature, and art visited or stayed at the estate. Although Austin Val Verde has been included in a number of survey publications on major estates and gardens, this is the first book that focuses on its beautiful mansion and grounds."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Kathryn Masson
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : CORNELL:31924090140413

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Santa Barbara Style by Kathryn Masson Pdf

The architectural identity of the wealthy southern California town Santa Barbara is explored with emphasis on the architects who designed its major buildings, estates and historic homes. 200 illustrations.

Author : Cidney Swanson
Publisher : Williams Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781939543523

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A Crown in Time by Cidney Swanson Pdf

When Edmund is mysteriously returned to the seventeenth century, Halley must brave sickness without antibiotics, a second wife, and Queen Elizabeth the First in order to save the man she loves before he's lost to her forever.

Author : California Coastal Commission
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : California
ISBN : 9780520061866

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California Coastal Resource Guide by California Coastal Commission Pdf

This comprehensive and authoritative guide to the natural and cultural resources of California's magnificent 1,100-mile coastline is the companion to the best-selling California Coastal Access Guide. Whereas the Access Guide stressed public access to the California coast, the Resource Guide focuses on the rich and varied natural resources of the coast and its diverse habitats, including detailed descriptions of flora and fauna; the Guide also features accounts of the history of the coast, and includes numerous striking and informative drawings, photographs, and maps. Part One consists of sections of statewide interest divided into three categories: the first is coastal geography, which includes descriptions of coastal mountains, rivers, marine terraces, beaches, wetlands, nearshore waters, and the open ocean; the second is living resources, covering the flora and fauna of the coast; and the third is cultural resources, treating history, architecture, recreation, and economy, including such topics as parks and beaches, recreational fishing, amusement parks, lighthouses, offshore oil, tourism, agriculture, and other coastal industries. Part Two is composed of individual sections on each of California's coastal counties, as well as San Francisco Bay, the Farallon Islands, and the Channel Islands. This portion of the book includes 150 maps, lists of species of interest, a summary of each county's history, and site-by-site descriptions of parks, beaches, rivers, wetlands, coastal towns and cities, missions, museums, and other coastal resources; detailed information on the habitats, wildlife, and history of each site are included, as well as its address, and, where applicable, the phone number. Copiously illustrated, accessible, and above all, entertaining, this book is an indispensable reference guide for residents and vacationers as well as a fun book to browse in for anyone interested in California's coast.

Author : Jeff Doubet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0999740709

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Creating Spanish Style Homes by Jeff Doubet Pdf

Author : Anne E. Wright
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0618005323

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Best Places to Stay in California by Anne E. Wright Pdf

This completely revised and updated guide describes more than 300 accommodations throughout the state, from country inns to guest farms to grand old resorts.

Author : Robert Winter
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0520209168

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Toward a Simpler Way of Life by Robert Winter Pdf

Anti-commercial and anti-modern, the California Arts and Crafts Movement drew upon the decorative schemes of English Tudor, Swiss chalet, Japanese temple, and Spanish mission, evoking an earlier time before modern industry and technology intruded. This book celebrates the Movement with chapters on architects such as Bernard Maybeck, Charles and Henry Greene, John Galen Howard, and Julia Morgan. 365 duotone photos.