Description
This book spotlights Marvin Rand’s black-and-white architectural photography of Mid-Century Modern California. It explores how landmark projects by figures like Craig Ellwood, Louis Kahn, and Frank Lloyd Wright shaped a distinctive modernist era, making it ideal for architecture lovers, design students, and collectors of modernism photography.
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California Captured by Emily Bills, Sam Lubell, and Pierluigi Serraino is a coffee table book that documents Mid-Century Modern California architecture through Rand’s rediscovered archive.
Expect a photography-led look at postwar buildings across Southern California, paired with contextual writing on the period and Rand’s role in shaping how this work was seen.
It’s an easy pick for styling on a coffee table, console, or open shelf when you want a strong monochrome cover and a book you’ll actually flip through.
The mix of iconic names and lesser-known architects makes it a smart addition for anyone building a design library around California modernism and architectural photography.
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W26.0 x D2.9 x H30.0 cm / W10.24" x D1.14" x H11.81"
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