Gilbert Stanley Underwood designed the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park, completed in 1927. It stands on the village site of the native Miwoks, and is situated between Yosemite’s most memorable sites: Half Daome, Glacier Point, and Yosemite Falls. Interior …
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Frederick W. Panhorst, Charles H. Purcell, and Harvey D. Stover designed the open-spandrel bridge over Bixby Creek, 120 miles south of San Francisco on Highway 1. It was completed in 1932 at the beginning of the Great Depression. At …
Julia Morgan designed this early 20th century villa in Saratoga, California. Though Morgan (1872–1957) enthusiastically pursued the Arts and Crafts movement, she is best known for Mediterranean Revivalist homes like this one, and the Hearst Castle. This residence for a …
Skanda is consecrated by Parvati and Yamuna 7th or 8th century stone sculpture, Crocker art museum Angel with Wings 1st or 2nd century stone sculpture, Crocker art museum Skanda Stone sculpture, Crocker art museum Avalokitesvara seated 11th or 12th …
Japanese Suite of Armor 17th century, Crocker art museum Japanese Helmet 16th century, Crocker art museum Figures of Chinese Dancers, 618-907 Tang Dynasty, stone, Crocker art museum Koshimaki or Kimono 19th century, Crocker art museum
African ritual helmet, Crocker Art museum Nupe wooden chair, Nigseria 1900s, Art museum Mediterranean and African pottery, Crocker Art museum Mediterranean and African pottery, Crocker Art museum
(o palsson– flickr/creative commons license) William Pereira designed the Central Library in La Jolla for the UCSD in southern California. Robert A. Thorburn was the project architect and Neilsen Construction Co. headed the construction. Completed in 1970, the Brutalist Modernist …
(Neon Tommy– flickr/creative commons license) Eric Owen Moss Architects designed the Samitaur Building in Central Los Angeles, soon after the racial riots of 1996. The Brutalist concrete building speaks of the fire resistance and safety that became so important at …
(John (& Beth) Zacherle– flickr/creative commons license) Charles and Ray Eames designed the Eames Hous or Case Study House No. at 203 N. Chautauqua Blvd. Pacific Palisades in Southern California. It overlooks the coastal beach in a heavily wooded area. …
Clive Wilkinson Architects designed the central Google office campus Googleplex on Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain View, California. As a kid I took a field trip to one of the original four buildings, then owned by Silicon Graphics. The place has …