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Terms and conditions applyArt Deco San Francisco: The Architecture of Timothy Pflueger
Therese Poletti
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Format: Book
Pages: 243
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Date Published: Oct 2008
Stock Code: 66432
Binding: Hardback
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The Castro Theatre, the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Headquarters, 450 Sutter Medico-Dental Building these masterpieces of San Francisco's Art Deco heritage are the work of one man, Timothy Pflueger. An immigrant's son with only a high-school education, Pflueger began practicing architecture after San Francisco's 1906 earthquake. While his contemporaries looked to Beaux-Arts traditions to rebuild the city, he brought exotic Mayan, Asian, and Egyptian forms to buildings ranging from simple cocktail lounges to the city's first skyscrapers.
Pflueger was one of the city's most prolific architects during his 40-year career. His works include the San Francisco Stock Exchange, the ever-popular Top of the Mark, the San FranciscoOakland Bay Bridge, and the San Francisco World's Fair. It is a testament to his talent that many of his buildings still stand and many have been named landmarks.
Therese Poletti tells the fascinating story of Pflueger's life and work in Art Deco San Francisco. In lively detail, she relates how Pflueger built extravagant compositions in metal, concrete, and glass. Beautiful archival photography mixes with stunning new photography in this collection of a truly Californian, but ultimately American, story.
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