On the Edge of the World: Four Architects in San Francisco at the Turn of the Century

The four men who are the subject of this book were all trained in the traditional European mode, but in transferring their ideas from Europe to the American West, they incorporated rustic vernacular precedents and local materials to create the distinct style of the San Francisco Bay area. Richard W. Longstreth is Director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation at George Washington University. On the Edge of the Worldis included in the Architectural History Foundation American Monograph Series.Longstreth, Richard W. is the author of 'On the Edge of the World: Four Architects in San Francisco at the Turn of the Century', published 1989 under ISBN 9780262620598 and ISBN 0262620596.