Houses of William Wurster
Houses of William Wurster
Caitlin Lempres Brostrom & Richard C. Peters
Over the course of a career that spanned forty-five
years, William Wilson Wurster (1895–1973) designed hundreds of residences up
and down the West Coast. Like Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, with whom Wurster
maintained a close professional exchange, Wurster blends modernism with the
vernacular. Wurster described these homes as "frames for living":
spaces that could be fully transformed by the occupant to meet their needs and
desires, well-designed canvases for homemaking. Authors Caitlin Lempres
Brostrom, AIA, and Richard C. Peters, FAIA, draw upon extensive historical
research as well as personal relationships with Wurster to tell the story of his
career, including both residential and institutional building. The Houses of
William Wurster features new and archival footage of thirty-three of the
architect's best-known houses and includes a foreword by Donlyn Lyndon. 2010; hardcover; 224 pages; 9 x 11"
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