Hollywood Modern: Houses of the Stars: Design, Style, Glamour

Description

From Elvis Presley to Marilyn Monroe, dreams of Hollywood made flesh, Hollywood Modern looks at the intersection of high-celebrity and high-architecture, through twenty-five houses designed by great architects for their trend-setting and extremely famous clients in Southern California. The book includes gorgeous photos of the houses as well as little seen informal portraits of the stars, and wonderfully detailed texts that tell the story of these members of the glitterati, touching on film, fashion, architecture, and the everyday lives of legends. This book spans the modern era, from moderne homes of the 1930s, through mid-century modern designs, to the present day.

This book re-teams author Michael Stern and architectural historian Alan Hess, collaborators on the highly successful Julius Shulman: Palm Springs book, published by Rizzoli in 2008. This is their second dual-themed project. Michael Stern is an artist who creates large-scale photographic installations. In addition to curating Julius Shulman: Palm Springs and designing the exhibition, he co-authored the catalog, and created the DVD Julius Shulman: Desert Modern, which was produced in conjunction with the exhibition, and is sold today as a standalone product at numerous venues. He is the designer and editor of the Palm Springs Modern Committee's extensive website. Alan Hess is the author of eighteen books, including Palm Springs Weekend, Frank Lloyd Wright: The Houses (Rizzoli), Organic Architecture, The Architecture of John Lautner (Rizzoli), Googie: Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture, Oscar Niemeyer, Houses (Rizzoli), and numerous others. He is the architecture critic for the San Jose Mercury News.

"Flipping through this page-turner of Hollywood homes would give anyone a serious case of #mansiongoals." -Brit + Co.