Kanner, Diane <br/><br/>
Wallace Neff and the grand houses of the Golden State / 
Diane Kanner 
 - New York, NY :  Monacelli Press,  2005 
 - 248 p. :  illus. ;  29 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-244) and index. 
<br/><br/>Coming to California -- Lemon Grove gamble, La Mirada dreams -- Pasadena rites -- The Grand Tour and back -- Santa Barbara interlude -- Building on ballyhoo -- Public notice -- The search for the style of wealth -- Tuscan Pasadena -- Louise -- Adobe days -- Architect to the stars -- Pickfair -- Putting it together -- Going Hollywood on a shoestring -- Costarring the European Provincial and the American Colonial Revivals -- Fighting back -- The diva, the car dealer, and the Doheny Library -- The bubble house -- We moved there because you could smell orange blossoms -- Father of the showcase house. 
<br/><br/> This significant architect was raised as Southern California aristocracy, as an heir to one of the founders of Rand McNally & Company, and grew up to influence the course of architectural history in California. Illustrated with archival photographs that document Neff's family life and professional accomplishments, journalist Diane Kanner's narrative offers a behind-the-scenes look at the development of residential architecture in Southern California.--From publisher description. 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781580931632 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Neff, Wallace, 1895-1982 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Architects--California--Biography<br/>Architecture, Domestic--California<br/>Eclecticism in architecture--California
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>REF 720.92 NEF