Shaping the world as home : the houses and gardens of Erik Evens. / txt
text by Erik Evens with Nancy Greystone ; foreword by Marc Appleton.
- 238 p. : ill. ; col. ; plans ; 32 cm. book
Foreword Marc Appleton 6 -- Introduction Erik Evens 10 -- Values: -- PLACE 16 -- CALIFORNIA 28 -- PROPORTION 40 -- NATURE 52 -- TRADITION 64 -- TIMELESSNESS 76 -- BEAUTY 88 -- Five Houses: -- DUME DRIVE Malibu, California 102 -- OLD AGOURA Agoura Hills, California 128 -- PARRA GRANDE Montecito, California 156 -- STONE CANYON Bel Air, California 182 -- DESERT HOUSE Las Vegas, Nevada 208 -- Appendix 234 -- Photography Credits 237 -- Acknowledgments 238 --
"Evens has long been considered one of the country's leading contemporary architects who aspires to create the complete living environment, in the same vein as Gil Schafer, Bobby McAlpine, Ray Booth, and Stanley Dixon. His inspiration is drawn from classical traditions and informed by contemporary indoor-outdoor life-in this case the indoor-outdoor life of California. Evens explains the core design values that bring unique and compelling force to his work, crafting architecture that speaks to people. Evens's projects are stylistically diverse, from a Spanish Colonial Revival estate in Malibu overlooking the Pacific, to an American farmhouse-inspired residence in the golden hills of Southern California, to a gracious ranch house embedded within the old oak trees studding the coastal landscape of Montecito. Natural materials, such as wood, stone, and brick form the foundations, walls, and ceilings of these subtly luxurious spaces, while nature itself plays a considered role that is at once complementary and intricately conjoined with the work"--Amazon.com.
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