Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills

English

ISBN: 0847831620

EAN: 9780847831623

Category: Architecture / Interior Design / General

Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated

Release Date: 11/04/2008

Synopsis: This deluxe volume will showcase the fifty grandest estates in Southern California. Each estate will have its own chapter, with lavish color illustrations of the house and grounds accompanied by a complete history from the homes original completion to the present day. Other illustrations will include historical materials: original architectural renderings and plans, early photographs of the house and grounds, and photographs of famous past residents. Additional historical background on the exclusive neighborhoods of Beverly Hills, Holmby Hills, and Bel-Air will discuss the planning and development of these long-desirable communities. A final chapter will feature vanished properties, offering for many readers their first glimpse of long-vanished estates like director Thomas Inces sprawling Dios Dorados in Benedict Canyon, and those more recently destroyed, including Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickfords famed Pickfair and screenwriter Frances Marions magnificent Enchanted Hill designed by architect Wallace Neff in the Spanish Colonial Revival style.

Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 2.68 inches

Width: 18.58 inches

Length: 13.78 inches

Weight: 205.44 oz

Pages: 400