内容简介
AcomprehensiveoverviewofSouthernCaliforniasmostexperimentalarchitecture,showcasingthehighlyexpressiveworkoffamedarchitectssuchasFrankGehryandThomMayne,aswellasthebestofthenewguard.Thisisthefirstcriticalexaminationandhistoryofwhatwasfirstidentifiedasthe"L.A.School"inthe1990s,whichhasinfluencedmuchofAmericanarchitectureinthelasttwenty-fiveyears.ThisexpansivenewbookexaminescontemporarySouthernCaliforniaarchitecturefrom1987tothepresent,exploringitsexperimentalnature,sculpturaltendency,andexcitingevolution.ThisvolumecomplementsamajorexhibitionattheMuseumofContemporaryArt,LosAngeles,andispartoftheGettyResearchInstituteexhibitioninitiative"LosAngelesArchitecture,19401990."Contributionsbyleadingarchitecturalhistorianscoupledwithastunningcollectionofimagespresentrecentworksintermsofsculpturalismandurbanism,andconsidertheimpactofthehistoryandenvironmentofLosAngeles,aswellasthecreativeandworkingprocesses.